From 9e4455c27b21908115249fdfdb7d5535f235823b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mar <mar>
Date: Tue, 6 Mar 1990 18:46:28 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] truncate name to size of DB field before doing comparison

---
 regtape/employee.dc | 4 ++++
 regtape/students.dc | 4 ++++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/regtape/employee.dc b/regtape/employee.dc
index 6a83b7fe..5d3c98ee 100644
--- a/regtape/employee.dc
+++ b/regtape/employee.dc
@@ -213,7 +213,11 @@ struct entry *e;
 ##  int id;
 
     first = e->first;
+    if (strlen(first) > 16)
+      first[16] = 0;
     last = e->last;
+    if (strlen(last) > 16)
+      last[16] = 0;
     eid = e->eid;
     id = 0;
 ##  repeat retrieve (id = u.users_id, class = u.mit_year, oaddr = u.office_addr,
diff --git a/regtape/students.dc b/regtape/students.dc
index 4c834ce1..264183f4 100644
--- a/regtape/students.dc
+++ b/regtape/students.dc
@@ -217,7 +217,11 @@ struct entry *e;
 ##  int id;
 
     first = e->first;
+    if (strlen(first) > 16)
+      first[16] = 0;
     last = e->last;
+    if (strlen(last) > 16)
+      last[16] = 0;
     eid = e->eid;
     id = 0;
 ##  repeat retrieve (id = u.users_id, class = u.mit_year, haddr = u.home_addr,
-- 
2.45.2