Re: pgsql vs mysql

From: Scott Marlowe <smarlowe(at)g2switchworks(dot)com>
To: Jan Wieck <JanWieck(at)Yahoo(dot)com>
Cc: Merlin Moncure <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com>, "howachen(at)gmail(dot)com" <howachen(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: pgsql vs mysql
Date: 2006-07-11 17:08:47
Message-ID: 1152637727.6540.76.camel@state.g2switchworks.com
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On Tue, 2006-07-11 at 11:04, Jan Wieck wrote:
> On 6/30/2006 1:07 PM, Merlin Moncure wrote:
>
> > * mysql has a few features here and there which are nice...just to
> > name a few, flush tables with lock, multiple insert, etc

> The multiple insert stuff is not only non-standard, it also encourages
> the bad practice of using literal values directly in the SQL string
> versus prepared statements with place holders.

I thought it was in the SQL 99 standard...

> It is bad practice
> because it introduces SQL injection risks since the responsibility of
> literal value escaping is with the application instead of the driver.

agreed, however.

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