Manual parameter substitution in sqlite3

[Serhiy Storchaka]

On 28.02.17 19:28, Skip Montanaro wrote:
> Most of the time (well, all the time if you're smart), you let the
> database adapter do parameter substitution for you to avoid SQL
> injection attacks (or stupid users). So:
>
>     curs.execute("select * from mumble where key = ?", (key,))
>
> If you want to select from several possible keys, it would be nice to
> be able to do this:
>
>     curs.execute("select * from mumble where key in (?)", (keys,))
>
> but that doesn't work. Instead, you need to do your own parameter
> substitution. The quick-and-insecure way to do this is:
>
>     curs.execute("select * from mumble where key in (%s)" %
>                         ",".join([repr(k) for k in keys]))
>
> I'm pretty sure that's breakable.

     curs.execute("select * from mumble where %s" %
                      " or ".join(["key = ?"] * len(keys)),
                  *keys)