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[–] ploot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 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.

[–] Atomic@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 week ago

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

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 13 points 1 week ago

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

[–] shotgun_crab@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

[–] Llewellyn@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Sounds like a promise of magic!

Two likely reasons:

  • CSV got involved somewhere
  • JavaScript