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When Your Last Name Is Null, Nothing Works (www.wsj.com)
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The word, used by computer scientists to mean ‘no value,’ has created long-running challenges

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[-] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Taking the issue at face value, I wonder what Johnny Null's workaround would be for his (or their) name?

N'ull? Nul-l? \Null? Null? JohnnyN ull?

[-] drunkosaurus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 day ago

Definitely not N'ull, that would trigger a SQL error when it can't interpret the ull after the string delimiter.

[-] bravesilvernest@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago

If they're not sanitizing that, they deserve to have their system broken lol

[-] VerifiedSource@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

NuII works

SpoilerUpper case i

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