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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)
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[–] [email protected] 21 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

It's baffling to me. Maybe I'm just used to using "modern" frameworks, but the only way this could be an issue is if you literally check if the string value equals "null" and then replace it with a null value.

lastName = lastName.ToUpper() == "NULL" ? null : lastName;

Either that or the database has some bug where it's converting a string value of "null" into a null.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 days ago

That is something I’ve had to do on rare occasions because people set up and store info in stupid ways…