High SQL Question 187 of 226

How do prepared statements stop SQL injection when string concatenation does not?

Java Specialist · Speak this in 60–90 seconds · Faridabad & Delhi NCR

Without indexScan every row

With indexJump to keys

CostWrites slower

The SQL text is parsed with placeholders

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Name the idea, why it exists, then one short example.

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1
The SQL text is
parsed with placeholders
2
user input is sent
separately as typed parameters and never becomes syntax.
3
Concatenating a name into
WHERE name = '...' lets an attacker close the quote and append OR 1=1.
4
Always bind parameters in
JDBC, JPA, and even native queries.
5
Common mistake
What juniors usually get wrong.
6
Close
When you pick this over the alternative.

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“Concatenating a name into WHERE name = '...' lets an attacker close the quote an”

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ConcatenatinganameintoWHEREname

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The SQL text is parsed with placeholders user input is sent separately as typed parameters and never becomes syntax.