@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 1 month agoLife isn't easy if your last name is 'Null' as it still breaks database entries the world overwww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square76fedilinkarrow-up1417
arrow-up1417external-linkLife isn't easy if your last name is 'Null' as it still breaks database entries the world overwww.pcgamer.com@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 1 month agomessage-square76fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish39•1 month 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@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish26•edit-21 month 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@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish11•1 month agoAs long as there’s javascript somewhere, anything can happen
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish14•1 month agoShit happens, mistakes are sometimes made. Valve once had code that could delete your entire drive.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish12•1 month agoI’m pretty sure at least some of the university’s systems were designed by students.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•1 month 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.
As long as there’s javascript somewhere, anything can happen
Sounds like a promise of magic!
Shit happens, mistakes are sometimes made. Valve once had code that could delete your entire drive.
I’m pretty sure at least some of the university’s systems were designed by students.
Two likely reasons: