Kim Ho wrote:
>Can't you instead use setString(1, "x'a'")?
>
Nope - that will get converted into ... where id='x\'a\'' - that won't
be understood by the backend - it wants it *exactly* that way - x
outside the quotes, followed by a quoted hexademical number...
>
>If not, this also brings up another thing. Did you want to treat "x'a'"
>as a number now?
>
Yes, I did (and still do) :-)
>
>In any case, here is a revised version of the patch. =) Thanks for the
>pointers.
>
I must be missing something, but I don't see any difference with the
previous version ....
>
>Also, the remove radix thing is not meant for preventing SQL injection.
>It is meant for this like:
>
>create function integer_in(integer) ....
>
>and then using things like select integer_in(1.11231E9)
>
I understand that. I was just saying that adding quotes around the input
doesn't help much in preventing injections, but does take away valuable
functionality...
Dima