[Phpmyadmin-devel] Inserting known invalid data

[Marc Delisle]

Le 2013-05-04 10:54, Isaac Bennetch a écrit :
> Hi,
>
> Can I get some thoughts on [1]? The way the code exists currently, you
> can insert bad data (you'll get a standard MySQL warning after the
> insert). For example, inserting the output of the MD5() function in to a
> TINYINT column. This pull request implements the AES_ENCRYPT function,
> but silently fails to show the salt form field in the event the user
> tries to insert to an invalid column type...so it looks broken in the
> case the user is trying to do something that's a bad idea.
>
> In keeping with the current system, I thought it should always show the
> salt field and proceed with the insert regardless of the column type,
> however that isn't the most user-friendly idea. To keep users most
> happy, I wondered if we should implement some sanity checks for some
> column types and show an inline warning as needed (similar to the
> recently merged warning when creating a new user with the same
> username). Some of the functions require or suggest certain column types
> which we could easily check, but I'm not sure it's phpMyAdmin's
> responsibility to constantly warn the user in this case.

I added a comment in the pull request. I also asked Garvin about this, 
let's wait for his insight.

>
> Regardless, the question at hand is whether this pull request can be
> merged as-is or if we should change the behavior in the case of an
> invalid column type.

If it works well for the correct column type, please merge.
>
> Thanks!
> 1 - https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/pull/290#issuecomment-17281963



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