cm0002@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoLife isn't easy if your last name is 'Null' as it still breaks database entries the world overwww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square43linkfedilinkarrow-up110arrow-down10
arrow-up110arrow-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 · 2 years agomessage-square43linkfedilink
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years 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-up1·2 years 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-squareshotgun_crab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoAs long as there’s javascript somewhere, anything can happen
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoI’m pretty sure at least some of the university’s systems were designed by students.
minus-squareAtomic@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoShit happens, mistakes are sometimes made. Valve once had code that could delete your entire drive.
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.
As long as there’s javascript somewhere, anything can happen
I’m pretty sure at least some of the university’s systems were designed by students.
Shit happens, mistakes are sometimes made. Valve once had code that could delete your entire drive.