cm0002@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoLife isn't easy if your last name is 'Null' as it still breaks database entries the world overwww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square76fedilinkarrow-up1418arrow-down16
arrow-up1412arrow-down1external-linkLife isn't easy if your last name is 'Null' as it still breaks database entries the world overwww.pcgamer.comcm0002@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square76fedilink
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up40·4 days 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-up27·edit-24 days 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-squareAtomic@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·4 days agoShit happens, mistakes are sometimes made. Valve once had code that could delete your entire drive.
minus-squareshotgun_crab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·4 days agoAs long as there’s javascript somewhere, anything can happen
minus-squareLlewellyn@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-23 days agoSounds like a promise of magic!
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·4 days agoI’m pretty sure at least some of the university’s systems were designed by students.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoTwo likely reasons: CSV got involved somewhere JavaScript
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.
Shit happens, mistakes are sometimes made. Valve once had code that could delete your entire drive.
As long as there’s javascript somewhere, anything can happen
Sounds like a promise of magic!
I’m pretty sure at least some of the university’s systems were designed by students.
Two likely reasons: