On 1/3/06, Jan Muenther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > As a general rule - if you find yourself concatenating strings > containing user input to create your SQL query, you're doing something > substantially wrong. > I'd still advise you to filter input generically using a whitelist > (blacklisting is fairly dangerous with databases, see e.g. the > CHAR(0xXX) thingy), and also to use stored procedures, simply since it's > best practice and may help to prevent clusterf**cks deriving from > combinations of smaller issues. > > Hope that helps, > Cheers, j. [...]
Agreed, I would also like to suggest to use database views whenever possible. Creating read only views (these are generally read only already) for each tabular data which has to be displayed on a web site is generally a good practice - depending on the environment you are on, it is also generally faster because it accomodates better when used in combination with EJBs or other sort of caching/Model-View-Controller mechanisms. Cheers -- Marco Ermini Dubium sapientiae initium. (Descartes) [EMAIL PROTECTED] # mount -t life -o ro /dev/dna /genetic/research (This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain privileged or confidential information. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the original.) _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
