Sins and Insanity:
2011-01-12 22:09:06.895094+01 by meuon 2 comments
A couple of years ago, after a screaming fit with the client, I let them do a sinfully stupid thing, add/allow another field for logging in besides their system assigned account number. It was their cell phone number. I didn't add that column to the unique keys list. I should have. That was my 2nd sin.
There are now a bunch of people with the same cell phone number.. and different passwords (which kinda works...) and because people are people: There are also the same cell phone number with the same password.
The real insanity is: the client expects the system to properly guess what the proper user is, from multiple people using identical credentials.
I'm not a popular person today, I've been applying electro-convulsive shock therapy. Some of it to myself.
Say the mantra with me: "the client is not always right.. I will not let them talk me into stupid things..." - Repeat.