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Database Records and "In Plain Sight" Searches

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the but-it's-sitting-right-there dept.

chriswaco writes "A federal appeals court ruled that database records are not 'in plain sight' when other records in the same database are subpoenaed. The case involved Major League Baseball drug test results, but the implications are far wider."

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  1. Re:Is it just me or..... by fataugie · · Score: 5, Funny

    is it just me, or does anyone else have a mental image of Barney Fife cocking his hat, scratching his head trying to cobble together a SQL select statement?

    "Gee Andy....How do you create an Inner Join again?"

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    WTF? Over?

  2. Re:Is it just me or..... by sumdumass · · Score: 2, Funny

    I think you forgot barney reaching for his one bullet from his shirt pocket (assuming Andy let him have it back) because this is serious police work.