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When your last name is Null, nothing works

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Re: When your last name is Null, nothing works

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Who's checking if a string matches "null" rather than is null!?

Any time "$var" is interpolated without check into an INSERT, and any maintainer finds it easier to just check for null as a string rather than ask a DB admin or committee to update the DB after a lot of red tape and risk assessment.

So... very often.

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