cm0002@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoLife isn't easy if your last name is 'Null' as it still breaks database entries the world overwww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square68fedilinkarrow-up1382arrow-down16
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minus-squareDragonTypeWyvernlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36·1 day agoMy academic advisor in college was named Null Even I kept running into trouble because the system thought I didn’t have a registered advisor.
minus-squareploot@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·edit-21 day agoI have never seen this happen, and I don’t know what tools would confuse the strings “null” or “Null” with NULL. From the comments in this thread, there are evidently more terribly programmed systems than I imagined.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 hours agoTwo likely reasons: CSV got involved somewhere JavaScript
minus-squareshotgun_crab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·22 hours agoAs long as there’s javascript somewhere, anything can happen
minus-squareLlewellyn@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-28 hours agoSounds like a promise of magic!
minus-squareAtomic@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 day agoShit happens, mistakes are sometimes made. Valve once had code that could delete your entire drive.
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvernlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 day agoI’m pretty sure at least some of the university’s systems were designed by students.
My academic advisor in college was named Null
Even I kept running into trouble because the system thought I didn’t have a registered advisor.
I have never seen this happen, and I don’t know what tools would confuse the strings “null” or “Null” with NULL. From the comments in this thread, there are evidently more terribly programmed systems than I imagined.
Two likely reasons:
As long as there’s javascript somewhere, anything can happen
Sounds like a promise of magic!
Shit happens, mistakes are sometimes made. Valve once had code that could delete your entire drive.
I’m pretty sure at least some of the university’s systems were designed by students.