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cm0002@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months ago

Life isn't easy if your last name is 'Null' as it still breaks database entries the world over

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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

cm0002@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months ago
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Hopefully not the headline of this article. *Peeks*
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  • recursiveInsurgent@lemm.ee
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    3 months ago

    I was NaN years old when I learned this.

  • afronaut@lemmy.cafe
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    Lmao, I knew a guy from grade school with the last name Null.

    • Shardikprime@lemmy.world
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      Friend of little Bobby I presume

  • Cousin Mose@lemmy.hogru.ch
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    I’ve been doing web development for something like 20 years now and I just can’t imagine how shitty your backend is if this is an issue.

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      This was my thought as well, sanitize your inputs! Are they not quoting/casting to string before input?

      • Cousin Mose@lemmy.hogru.ch
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        Unless you’re coding from scratch it’s hard to not do this with any modern framework.

        • limer@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          Legacy systems still handle more traffic than modern ones, I’d wager

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    Mandatory xkcd:

  • Shardikprime@lemmy.world
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    Ah yes, little Nell=%00\u0000’\0’“”‘0’0x000x30’';

    Nellie Null we call her.

    She and her cousin Bobby Tables love to scamper around, but they are good kids. They would never break anything intentionally

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