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Life isn't easy if your last name is 'Null' as it still breaks database entries the world over (www.pcgamer.com)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

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.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea 3 points 6 days ago

Two likely reasons:

CSV got involved somewhere
JavaScript

[–] Atomic 15 points 1 week ago

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

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago

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

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Sounds like a promise of magic!