I’m using the following code to generate a search results from a relational DB, depending on the multiple (Optional) search parameters from the web based client.
Presently I’m using “java.sql.Statement
” to achieve the functionality but I need the same to be achieved using “java.sql.PreparedStatement
” in order to prevent SQL injections.
Let me know a best practice to change the code
E.g.
User inputs from web based client.
- param1 - Optional
- param2 - Optional
- dateParamFr - Optional
- dateParamTo - Optional
Pseudo code of SQL patterns depending on the search parameters as follows
IF (WITHOUT ANY SEARCH PARAMETER){
SELECT * FROM TEST_TABLE;
}
ELSE IF(WITH param1){
SELECT * FROM TEST_TABLE WHERE COLUMN1= param1;
}
ELSE IF(WITH param1 & param2){
SELECT * FROM TEST_TABLE WHERE COLUMN1= param1 AND COLUMN2= param2
}
SO ON
………
Following is the fragment of Java code in my EJB
/*
NOTE : Hashtable pSearchParam is a method parameter
*/
Connection cnBOP = null;
Statement stmt = null;
StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer("");
try {
cnBOP = jdbcBOP.getConnection(); // DataSource jdbcBOP
stmt = cnBOP.createStatement();
/* ######################## SQL BODY ######################################*/
sb.append("SELECT COLUMN1, COLUMN2, DATE_COLUMN ");
sb.append("FROM TEST_TABLE ");
/* ######################## SQL WHERE CLAUSE ##############################*/
if(pSearchParam.size()>=1){
sb.append("WHERE ");
Enumeration e = pSearchParam.keys();
int count =0;
while(e.hasMoreElements()){
if (count >=1) sb.append("AND ");
String sKey = (String) e.nextElement();
if (sKey.equals("param1")) sb.append ("COLUMN1 ='"+pSearchParam.get(sKey)+"' ");
else if (sKey.equals("param1")) sb.append ("COLUMN2 ='"+pSearchParam.get(sKey)+"' ");
else if (sKey.equals("dateParamFr")) sb.append ("DATE_COLUMN >= TO_DATE('"+pSearchParam.get(sKey)+" 00:00:00','DD/MM/YYYY HH24:MI:SS') ");
else if (sKey.equals("dateParamTo")) sb.append ("DATE_COLUMN <= TO_DATE('"+pSearchParam.get(sKey)+" 23:59:59','DD/MM/YYYY HH24:MI:SS') ");
count ++;
}
}
/* ######################## SQL ORDER BY CLAUSE ############################*/
sb.append("ORDER BY DATE_COLUMN DESC");
ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery(sb.toString());