Re: W3C Specs: Web SQL - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Alvaro Herrera
Subject Re: W3C Specs: Web SQL
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Msg-id 1289231570-sup-7471@alvh.no-ip.org
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In response to W3C Specs: Web SQL  (Charles Pritchard <chuck@jumis.com>)
Responses Re: W3C Specs: Web SQL
Re: W3C Specs: Web SQL
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Excerpts from Charles Pritchard's message of sáb nov 06 23:20:13 -0300 2010:

> Simple async sql sub-set (the spec in trouble):
> http://dev.w3.org/html5/webdatabase/

This is insane.  This spec allows the server to run arbitrary SQL
commands on the client, AFAICT.  That seems like infinite joy for
malicious people running webservers.  The more powerful the dialect of
SQL the client implements, the more dangerous it is.

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