Re: Bind Variables and Quoting / Dequoting Input

From: Michael Fuhr <mike(at)fuhr(dot)org>
To: operationsengineer1(at)yahoo(dot)com
Cc: "pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Bind Variables and Quoting / Dequoting Input
Date: 2005-12-10 01:58:27
Message-ID: 20051210015827.GA17631@winnie.fuhr.org
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On Fri, Dec 09, 2005 at 06:22:29PM -0700, Michael Fuhr wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 09, 2005 at 01:54:13PM -0800, operationsengineer1(at)yahoo(dot)com wrote:
> > do i need to quote input even though i'm using bind
> > variables in my queries?
> >
> > i seem to think that quoting on entry and unquoting on
> > return was a method for fighting sql injection, but
> > i'm also thinking that bind variables may make that
> > step meaningless.
>
> Using placeholders should eliminate the need to quote, either by
> quoting for you or by using the underlying protocol's mechanism for
> parameterized queries.

I might have misunderstood what you meant by "bind variables."
Could you explain exactly what you're doing?

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Michael Fuhr

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