I’m pretty sure at least some of the university’s systems were designed by students.
Comment on Life isn't easy if your last name is 'Null' as it still breaks database entries the world over
ploot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 months agoI 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.
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 10 months ago
shotgun_crab@lemmy.world 10 months ago
As long as there’s javascript somewhere, anything can happen
Llewellyn@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Sounds like promise of magic!
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Two likely reasons:
- CSV got involved somewhere
- JavaScript
Atomic@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Shit happens, mistakes are sometimes made. Valve once had code that could delete your entire drive.