A guy named Valter couldn't register on this website because the developer blacklisted *ALTER*, amongst other words, to prevent SQL injection.

Well that's pretty stupid, Walter isn't exactly a rare name.

@deadlyRants of course.. that also reminds me of a recent article I have read regarding a Mr. Null who wasn't lucky registering himself on the web too, which indicates that still today devs are using blacklists to prevent injection.. lazy approach to security to say the least.

Reminds me of an ex college who's last name was just "Pe" and a lot of forms rejected it because of being too short.

Classic

@DarkMukke that would make many names that I know of friends from China and Japan with names that are too short. (Not a racist comment)

@uziiuzair granted, this was in the early 2000's when validation was new on the web

On my Galaxy S5, the vpn connect form have a maxlength set to 32 on the userid/email field. An IT department requirement is to have full name given in the email address, causing mine to be 33 chars long...

@valter @walter are you out there buddy?

@andersoyvind that is hell long

*instead of using prepared statements*

@andersoyvind, by now setting a max number of chars on an email field is just wrong. Many people has full name addresses, and some even add more characters by using the "+ something" option most providers offer.