Jun 03 2010
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How to destroy your database in two clicks using Querious
Open your database in Querious. Then:
- Click “Users.”
- Say to yourself, “I wonder what the button with two squares on it does.” Please don’t click the button. Because the instant you do, all of your rights are revoked and there is no way to recover them.
I hope you have another admin login. Otherwise you’re screwed.
Yes, I did this on an Amazon RDS instance. Thank goodness it was a test database and I was just experimenting with Querious. I never imagined such a dangerous operation would happen without warning.
Why on Earth doesn’t Querious have a warning or an “Apply” button so the change doesn’t happen instantly?
See the equivalent screen in Sequel Pro, which has an “Apply” button, making it much safer.
(I suspect you could also screw up your database by un-checking some of the other boxes. Again, there is no “Apply” button in Querious, so you will instantly change your rights.)
