Encapsulate the value in a cfqueryparam tag, which you should always be doing anyway.
On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 3:58 AM, Jim McAtee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I ran into a problem inserting records into a MySQL 5.0 database when > there's a backslash as the final character of a string value. I never > noticed this until I began working with some randomly generated character > strings. > > INSERT INTO users ( > name, > email, > username, > salt, > password > ) > VALUES ( > 'Cindy Smith', > '[EMAIL PROTECTED]', > 'cindysmith', > 'd}\', > 'c9a96937d248c0f192ff217a72935cdd' > ) > > The workaround is to either enapsulate the value in a <cfqueryparam> tag > or to escape the backslashes with \\. But I also realize that there are > any number of places where this could crop up in existing code. Is this a > bug in CF8's handling of these strings for MySQL? I would have thought it > would escape them transparently. > > Is there a better workaround? -- mxAjax / CFAjax docs and other useful articles: http://www.bifrost.com.au/blog/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:305387 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
