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HtmlEncoding, SQL Encoding in ASP.NET

Hey,

What are the usual ways to encode a sql string for safe insertion into the
db? Are there
handy functions like php's addslashes, etc? or should i use the Regexp, or
string.Replace functions?

Cheers
Chris
Nov 18 '05 #1
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It depends on the db. Generally, you can simply replace single quotes with
doubled single quotes to escape them.

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Hey,

What are the usual ways to encode a sql string for safe insertion into the
db? Are there
handy functions like php's addslashes, etc? or should i use the Regexp, or
string.Replace functions?

Cheers
Chris

Nov 18 '05 #2
Hi Chris,

You probably should be using SQLParameters which takes care of all encoding
as well as pretty much doing away with Sql Injection problems.

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"Chris" <ch***@no-spam.tuxweb.org> wrote in message
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Hey,

What are the usual ways to encode a sql string for safe insertion into the
db? Are there
handy functions like php's addslashes, etc? or should i use the Regexp, or
string.Replace functions?

Cheers
Chris

Nov 18 '05 #3
Chris wrote:
What are the usual ways to encode a sql string for safe insertion into the
db? Are there
handy functions like php's addslashes, etc? or should i use the Regexp, or
string.Replace functions?


Chris, use a parameterized query, like:

string SQL = "SELECT * FROM TableName WHERE Foo = @Bar";

Note the @Bar is a parameter. Then, you can set a value for the
parameter by adding a SqlParameter or OleDbParameter instance to the
Command object's Parameters collection.

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Nov 18 '05 #4

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