Re: replace " with nothing - Mailing list pgsql-sql

From Leif Biberg Kristensen
Subject Re: replace " with nothing
Date
Msg-id 201105112337.17609.leif@solumslekt.org
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In response to Re: replace " with nothing  ("Ross J. Reedstrom" <reedstrm@rice.edu>)
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On Wednesday 11 May 2011 23:25:34 Ross J. Reedstrom wrote:
> On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 11:11:07PM +0200, Leif Biberg Kristensen wrote:
> > although it's a little above me why you would want to select firstname in
> > the first place when you proceed to replace it with nothing.
> 
> Nah, he's replacing double-quote-character " with nothing.

Yeah, I noticed just a few seconds after I had pressed the "Send" button.
> An attempt to protect against little Bobby Tables, I assume. (see:
> http://xkcd.com/327/ aka SQL injection attacks, but not as fun)

One of my favorite XKCD's. Being a diehard Gentoo user, there's only one that 
beats it:

<http://xkcd.com/456/>

regards, Leif


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