Package: wnpp Version: unavailable; reported 2003-10-03 Severity: wishlist * Package name : libclass-dbi-fromcgi-perl Version : 0.94 Upstream Author : Tony Bowden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * 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
