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#!c:\Perl\bin\Perl.exe -T --

use strict;
use warnings;
use CGI qw{ :standard };
use CGI::Carp qw(fatalsToBrowser);
use File::Copy;
use DBI;

my $editnew = param('editnew');
my $createfrom = param('createfrom');

if ($editnew eq "edit")
{
    print redirect("workplan.pl?workplan=$createfrom");
}
elsif ($editnew eq "new")
{
    my $newname = param('newname');

# strip all non-word, doesn't untaint
    s/\W// for $createfrom, $newname;


    die "Missing parameters newname and createfrom" unless $createfrom
+ and $newname;

# limit filename to \w, untaint, see perldoc perlsec
#same as below /(\w+)/ and $_ = $1 for $createfrom, $newname; 
    $createfrom = $1 if $createfrom =~ /(\w+)/;
    $newname = $1 if $newname =~ /(\w+)/;


    copy("$createfrom.db","$newname.db") or die qq~copy("$createfrom.d
+b","$newname.db") failed : $!~;
    my $database = DBI->connect("dbi:SQLite:dbname=$newname.db","","")
+ or die "$DBI::errstr\n";
    $database->do("delete from edits");
    $database->do("insert into edits values(0,0,0,0,'')");
    $database->disconnect();
    print redirect("workplan.pl?workplan=$newname")
}


__END__

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In reply to Re^2: Database problem - dbdimp.c by Anonymous Monk
in thread Database problem - dbdimp.c by Franco_1

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