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> But even if you're using MySQL, it's still worth using them as a security 
> measure
> -- <cfqueryparam> will make sure any information passed to the DB in the SQL
> statement is correctly formatted (e.g. escaping necessaru characters etc) and 
> so
> help against possible SQL injection attacksl.  Also, by using the cfsqltype=""
> argument will check that what you're actually passing in the value="" argument
> is valid for the data type.
> 
> *All* my queries through CF are performed using <cfqueryparam>.

Yeah, good points. Thanks also to John and Salvatore, btw.

I have been using them in all queries for some time now, but wasn't sure if it 
was a waste of time using them in non-select queries; but, hey, if they prevent 
SQL injection attacks, that's a good enough reason to continue. I always 
assumed that they stop ";drop table x"-type attacks, even when cfsqltype is set 
to varchar, but will do a quick test to satisfy myself.

Oh, and for those whose posts hit the list as an attachment, I recently changed 
Outlook to send e-mails as UTF-8, and noticed that the last message appears as 
an attachment. Have now changed it to UTF-7 to see if that still comes through 
as an attachment.


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Aidan

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