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Old 02-23-2021, 03:47 PM   #75601
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Originally Posted by spike021 View Post
As someone who works on systems that take in strings of characters, it really bothers me that use cases like 2 letter names aren't accepted. Just because you (the developer or product manager) haven't seen it doesn't mean it shouldn't be an acceptable input.
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Reminds me of the time one of my payroll loads at work failed because we got a new doctor with the most ridiculously long last name. I had all the tables set at 40 characters max for last name. Took me a couple days to change all the tables and ssis packages.

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