Thomas Mueller wrote:
>> Forbidding literals will break absolutely every SQL-using application on the planet
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> Well, it's optional. If a developer or admin wants to use it, he will
> know that it could mean some work. Even if the feature is not enabled,
> it's still good to have it. And using constants will help document the
> application.
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What is not optional is the probably maintenance complexity of this scheme.
Moreover, it seems unlikely that it will even cover the field. A partial
cloak might indeed be worse than none, in that it will give some
developers an illusion of having security.
Before we embarked on such an enterprise, I would personally want to see
fairly loud clamor from our user base for it.
cheers
andrew
