On 18 August 2004 15:53, John Holmes wrote:
> Ford, Mike [LSS] wrote:
>
> > > $chkboxes = $_POST['ch'];
> > > $sql = 'SELECT ';
> > > foreach($chkboxes as $k => $v)
> > > {
> > > $sql .= $v;
> > > if($k < (sizeof($chkboxes) - 1))
> > > {
> > > $sql .= ', ';
> > > }
> > > }
> > > $sql .= ' FROM form';
> >
> >
> > $sql = 'SELECT ' . implode(', ', $chkboxes) . 'FROM form';
>
> Just note that with either solution, someone can post a value of "*
> FROM table WHERE 1#" and see everything in any table in your database.
I was waiting for someone to come in with a security warning, but knew that whoever it
was would express it much better than I could ;) -- so, a gold medal to John!!
Cheers!
Mike
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