If your web app has separate database fields for first name and last name, you are doing it badly wrong. I'm looking at YOU, practically every Silicon Valley tech startup.

@noeldemartin kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/false is a good read - given all that I use a single field for name, and ask for other specific (e.g. "how should we address you") if necessary.

@Floppy Hm yeah I see. I guess the safer way to go about it is indeed having a single text field and dumping whatever they type in the database, with some sensible length limitations.

I'll keep it in mind for my next apps!

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