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Re:Ask HN: client reporting bugs that don't exist, causing m... by logn on Sunday June 01, 2014 @10:28PM (#7831601)
It's not that problem. It's problems like them re-designing their database with new schemas, new constraints on fields, and new column names, and them wondering why their webapp forms report errors upon submission. And after my explanation, they have the DBA work around it (rather than pay me to update the forms). Or, they enter the wrong username/password (and get an error message saying wrong/unknown username/password).
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Re:Ask HN: client reporting bugs that don't exist, causing m... by pm24601 on Friday June 06, 2014 @09:37PM (#7860968)
You didn't indicate that they were changing the environment like that. You just said "bad user input". But for them to mess with the db constraints and database in general - my response would be: this is a whole new project.

Nothing free at that point.

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