@cm0002@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 7 months agoLife isn't easy if your last name is 'Null' as it still breaks database entries the world overwww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square64fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkLife isn't easy if your last name is 'Null' as it still breaks database entries the world overwww.pcgamer.com@cm0002@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 7 months agomessage-square64fedilink
minus-square@DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglish0•7 months 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-square@ploot@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglish0•edit-27 months 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-square@DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglish0•7 months agoI’m pretty sure at least some of the university’s systems were designed by students.
minus-square@Atomic@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish0•7 months agoShit happens, mistakes are sometimes made. Valve once had code that could delete your entire drive.
minus-square@shotgun_crab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish0•7 months agoAs long as there’s javascript somewhere, anything can happen
minus-square@sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish0•7 months 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.
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.
As long as there’s javascript somewhere, anything can happen
Two likely reasons: