But only if qualified by the cfsqltype, as far as I can tell.

Anyone else care to comment?

Cheers
Terry

----------Original Message---------  

> Terry,
> 
> As I understand it using <cfqueryparam stops any SQL being hacked in to 
> the
> query through the url or form var. It ensures that the passed variable 
> is
> treated as a variable and not read as anything else.
> 
> d
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Terry Riley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 1:30 PM
> Subject: [ cf-dev ] Use of <cfqueryparam>
> 
> 
> > I've seen a lot of code lately where the query (either extracting,
> > inserting or updating information) uses the
> >
> > <cfqueryparam value="#xxx#"> in the WHERE clause, without qualifying 
> > > the
> > parameter with a cfsqltype.
> >
> > I can understand the use of the cfqueryparam with a cfsqltype and 
> > other
> > attributes as one way of preventing cross-site scripting (adding
> > additional text to the string to do something evil), but see no point 
> > in
> > using
> >
> > 'WHERE ID = <cfqueryparam value="#url.ID#">'
> >
> > as opposed to
> >
> > 'WHERE ID = "#url.ID#"'
> >
> > Is there one? Is it faster? Manuals and googles don't seem to come up 
> > with
> > an answer.....
> >
> > Cheers
> > Terry



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