Thanks again all for the trove of information! Geoff
On 8/8/05, Nick Westgate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Geoff. > > I deal with these regularly, and have stepped through JDBC drivers > from the client side java all the way through to a server's (buggy) > C++ driver in assembler. > > Basically there are 2 reasons to use PreparedStatement. > 1 - efficiency, since they're compiled, and the server can cache them > and just stuff new parameters in for the next query. (Also batch them.) > > 2 - safety, as mentioned it escapes the parameters, though the driver > I deal with often has problems with parameter handling of Japanese > characters when using PreparedStatement. The solution in this case is > to use Statement and escape parameters yourself, which sucks! > > Anyway, quick Google search: > http://www.oracle.com/technology/oramag/oracle/02-sep/o52jdbc.html > http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2001/12/19/oraclejdbc.html?page=last > > Cheers, > Nick. > > > Geoff Longman wrote: > > Cool. Is there a reference somewhere that describes why prepared > > statements are safe? > > > > Not that I don't trust you all, but the info isn't for me and I will > > have no credibility without a link or something I can pass along. > > > > Thanks! > > > > Geoff > > > > On 8/8/05, Viktor Szathmary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>hi, > >> > >>On 8/8/05, Geoff Longman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >>>Has anyone out there given any serious thought towards a strategy for > >>>preventing these kinds of attacks in Tapestry forms? > >> > >>using PreparedStatements with bound variables is a good enough > >>solution for SQL insertion (plus throw in the usual basic data > >>validation for good measure). > >> > >>regards, > >> viktor > >> > >>--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- The Spindle guy. http://spindle.sf.net Get help with Spindle: http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/spindle-user Announcement Feed: http://www.jroller.com/rss/glongman?catname=/Announcements Feature Updates: http://spindle.sf.net/updates --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]