Bug#213902: ITP: libclass-dbi-fromcgi-perl -- Update Class::DBI data using CGI::Untaint
Package: wnpp
Version: unavailable; reported 2003-10-03
Severity: wishlist
* Package name : libclass-dbi-fromcgi-perl
Version : 0.94
Upstream Author : Tony Bowden <tmtm@kasei.com>
* URL : http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/T/TM/TMTM/
* License : GPL or Perl Artistic
Description : Update Class::DBI data using CGI::Untaint
Lots of times, Class::DBI is used in web-based applications. (In
fact, coupled with a templating system that allows you to pass
objects, such as Template::Toolkit, Class::DBI is very much your
friend for these.)
.
And, as we all know, one of the most irritating things about writing
web-based applications is the monotony of writing much of the same
stuff over and over again. And, where there's monotony there's a
tendency to skip over stuff that we all know is really important, but
is a pain to write - like Taint Checking and sensible input
validation. (Especially as we can still show a 'working' application
without it!). So, we now have CGI::Untaint to take care of a lot of
that for us.
.
It so happens that CGI::Untaint also plays well with Class::DBI. All
you need to do is to 'use Class::DBI::FromCGI' in your class (or in
your local Class::DBI subclass that all your other classes inherit
from. You do do that, don't you?).
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux mizar 2.4.22 #1 Thu Aug 28 16:46:35 BST 2003 i686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C
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