Question Intentional crash a database

[hassanlabban]

Hi All
i got a crazy idea of trying how to crash a database intentionally.
i am looking at a timer or a code or anything that would allow me to cause a functional database to crash or delete a table or set number of records intentionally.
appreciate your ideas and thoughts if anyone have tried this before

thanks a mill
Hassan

 

[plog]

Define 'crash'.

Function crash_Database() As Integer

crash_Database = 1/0

End Function

Or trigger Application.Quit on database open.

 

[hassanlabban]

Hi Plog
thx for your quick answer.
crash i mean delete few tables when the database backend is used to write data on, or cause it to become very unstable.

moreover, this code which you mentioned i will need to add it to all front end users, right? if that's the case, i prefer not so no one will know it was something done intentional.

thanks

 

[MarkK]

OK, so you are looking for a way to wreck something in such a way that no one will know you did it. Is that right?

 

[hassanlabban]

Exactly,
and it will be only me who knows how to fix it.

thx

 

[plog]

I apologize for responding. I was under the impression this was more of a thought experiment than outsourcing sabotage.

 

[MarkK]

Ah, how clever, so you intentionally and secretly wreck something valuable, so people feel hurt, desperate and vulnerable, and then you step in and play the hero? Is that right?

 

[hassanlabban]

guys, its an simple experiment for personal knowledge. read my first post.

 

[plog]

I read your first post and gave you the benefit of the doubt. Then your follow-up posts made it pretty clear your intentions are less than educational.

 

[MarkK]

You have stated your intent to lie and do harm, and for a cowardly goal. Trust is fragile. Already, I think, you have not chosen wisely.

 

[hassanlabban]

Guys, with all due respect to you i dont advise nor lectures in ethics.
the first question says it all.if you have a problem with that, simply report it to the forum supervisors or read the first post.
nothing more to say to all of you here.

 

[static]

Put it on a server and give the users flaky wireless connections.

As dodgy as the question sounds, it's good to know how a user can, intentionally or not, do damage to an incorrectly designed database. SQL injection for e.g.

 

[MarkK]

To be clear: Please go elsewhere to discuss, explore or refine your skills on doing secret and/or willful damage to data or property.
Thanks,