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Fatal error

Yesterday I came across the fatal error that would prevent me to access databases from the console. I've started calling tech support and figured out that input stream pops up with invisible character(s) that need to be cleared after an input of Data Base ID before pressing an Enter key.

It was invisible bug -- a Ghost In The Machine.

 

 

czarivey
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fuzztone
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Groovy

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dweller
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Sounds like the input line was padded with "blank space" characters (when first displayed) instead of "null" characters. There's a difference.

czarivey OP
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Usually if the input is padded with blanks, no issues. Null characters might be, but there are more than just blanks and null characters that might not be visible so blanking them out blindly worked even having the fact that there's somewhere in the input stream one or few invisible ones are "hiding".

 

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