Comment on Life isn't easy if your last name is 'Null' as it still breaks database entries the world over

DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• ploot@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  I have never seen this happen, and I don’t know what tools would confuse the string “null” with NULL. From the comments in this thread, there are evidently more terribly programmed systems than I imagined.

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  • Atomic@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Shit happens, mistakes are sometimes made. Valve once had code that could delete your entire drive.

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  • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    I’m pretty sure at least some of the university’s systems were designed by students.

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  • shotgun_crab@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    As long as there’s javascript somewhere, anything can happen

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    • Llewellyn@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Sounds like promise of magic!

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  • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Two likely reasons:

    • CSV got involved somewhere
    • JavaScript

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