Database Easter Eggs

Easter's here and children are clamoring over the chocolates and candies delivered by our furry friend. Did you know that database developers also have an Easter surprise for bored users?

Easter eggs are hidden features embedded in programs by software developers as a means of expressing their creativity and listing the credits for work performed on a development project. You'll find eggs present in many major software packages. For a comprehensive listing, take a look at Egg Heaven 2000. In this article, we'll take a look at a few of the Easter eggs embedded in popular database products.