[CentOS] C5 MySQL injection attack ("Union Select")

[John R Pierce]

On 3/24/2016 7:48 AM, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote:
> We seem to be moving to postgresql. I find I do not like it - it's much
> more of a pain to work with than mysql is. Do you have any opinions about
> meria d/b? Are there improvements over the flaws you're aware of with
> mysql?

and I find mysql a real pain to work with.

the biggest difference is, postgresql is much stricter about data 
types.   it will not, for example, allow you to store 2015-02-30 as a 
date.   also, postgres is very strict about the atomicity of 
transactions, its all or nothing.



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john r pierce, recycling bits in santa cruz