Re: Select Where using character varying ??

[Robert Treat <xzilla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tuesday 03 October 2006 16:03, Mariusz Pękala wrote:
> > I think you should try:
> > $Sem_No = pg_Exec($conn,"SELECT seminar_id FROM seminar WHERE name
> > =\"$Sem\"");
>
> Double quotes are for quoting column names, not string constants.
>
> > $Sem_No = pg_Exec($conn,"SELECT seminar_id FROM seminar WHERE name
> > ='$Sem'");
>
> Better, but all strings, especially provided by some user, should be
> treated by the function pg_escape_string.
>
> Consider that some user types in a form field a text like this:
>
> '; delete from seminar where ''='
>
> When you add single quotes you get two valid queries. One of them is
> what you would never want to be executed ;-)
>
> And, by the way - pg_exec is a deprecated name AFAIK. The new one is
> pg_query.

probably even better would be to use pg_prepare and pg_execute. 

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Robert Treat
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