| Goal | Find routines that use dynamic SQL. Make sure that dynamic SQL is indeed needed, i.e., the task cannot be solved with static SQL. Make sure that the routine is protected against attacks that use SQL injection method. |
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| Notes | Refers to the column pg_proc.prokind and thus works starting from PostgreSQL 11. The query does not consider the routines that are a part of an extension. In the returned body of routine the query replaces each newline character with the line break (br) tag for the better readability in case the query result is displayed in a web browser. There could be multiple routines with the same name but with different parameters in the same schema (overloading). Thus, for the unique identification of the routine it is necessary to present also its parameters in addition to the schema name and routine name. |
| Type | General Overview of some aspect of the database. |
| License | MIT (opens in new tab) |
| Fixing Suggestion | If possible, use static SQL instead of dynamic SQL. |
| Data Source | INFORMATION_SCHEMA+system catalog |
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Collections
This query belongs to the following collections:
Find problems by overview
Queries that results point to different aspects of database that might have problems. A human reviewer has to decide based on the results as to whether there are problems or not .
| Name | Description |
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| Find problems by overview | Queries that results point to different aspects of database that might have problems. A human reviewer has to decide based on the results as to whether there are problems or not . |
Categories
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Does not work in some earlier PostgreSQL version
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Security
Queries of this category provide information about the security measures.
User-defined routines
Queries of this category provide information about the user-defined routines
| Name | Description |
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| Does not work in some earlier PostgreSQL version | Queries of this category provide information that was not available in some earlier PostgreSQL version |
| Security | Queries of this category provide information about the security measures. |
| User-defined routines | Queries of this category provide information about the user-defined routines |
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