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Understanding SQL Injection and Creating SQL Injection Proof ASP.NET Applications

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9 Jan 2013CPOL7 min read 133.8K   2.2K   96  
This article talk about what SQL injection is, how can that effect the security of our websites and what steps should be taken to create an ASP.NET application SQL injection proof.
using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Security;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;
using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;
using System.Data.SqlClient;

/// <summary>
/// Summary description for DBHelper
/// </summary>
public class DBHelper
{
    SqlConnection con = null;

	public DBHelper()
	{

	}

    public bool IsUserAuthenticated_Bad(string username, string password)
    {
        DataTable result = null;
        try
        {
            using (SqlConnection con = new SqlConnection(ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["SampleDbConnectionString1"].ConnectionString))
            {
                using (SqlCommand cmd = con.CreateCommand())
                {
                    cmd.CommandType = CommandType.Text;
                    cmd.CommandText = "select userID from Users where userID = '" + username + "' and password = '" + password + "'";
                    
                    using (SqlDataAdapter da = new SqlDataAdapter(cmd))
                    {
                        result = new DataTable();
                        da.Fill(result);

                        //check if any match is found
                        if (result.Rows.Count == 1)
                        {
                            // return true to indicate that userID and password are matched.
                            return true;
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            //Pokemon exception handling
        }

        //user id not found, lets treat him as a guest        
        return false;
    }

    public DataTable GetProductsAssigner_Bad(string userID)
    {
        DataTable result = null;
        try
        {
            using (SqlConnection con = new SqlConnection(ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["SampleDbConnectionString1"].ConnectionString))
            {
                using (SqlCommand cmd = con.CreateCommand())
                {
                    cmd.CommandType = CommandType.Text;
                    cmd.CommandText = "select * from Products where AssignedTo = '" + userID + "'";

                    using (SqlDataAdapter da = new SqlDataAdapter(cmd))
                    {
                        result = new DataTable();
                        da.Fill(result);
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            //Pokemon exception handling
        }

        //user id not found, lets treat him as a guest        
        return result;
    }

    public bool IsUserAuthenticated_Good(string username, string password)
    {
        DataTable result = null;
        try
        {
            using (SqlConnection con = new SqlConnection(ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["SampleDbConnectionString1"].ConnectionString))
            {
                using (SqlCommand cmd = con.CreateCommand())
                {
                    cmd.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure;
                    cmd.CommandText = "CheckUser";
                    cmd.Parameters.Add(new SqlParameter("@userID", username));
                    cmd.Parameters.Add(new SqlParameter("@password", password));

                    using (SqlDataAdapter da = new SqlDataAdapter(cmd))
                    {
                        result = new DataTable();
                        da.Fill(result);

                        //check if any match is found
                        if (result.Rows.Count == 1)
                        {
                            // return true to indicate that userID and password are matched.
                            return true;
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            //Pokemon exception handling
        }

        //user id not found, lets treat him as a guest        
        return false;
    }

    public DataTable GetProductsAssigner_Good(string userID)
    {
        DataTable result = null;
        try
        {
            using (SqlConnection con = new SqlConnection(ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["SampleDbConnectionString1"].ConnectionString))
            {
                using (SqlCommand cmd = con.CreateCommand())
                {
                    cmd.CommandType = CommandType.Text;
                    cmd.CommandText = "select * from Products where AssignedTo = @userID";
                    cmd.Parameters.Add(new SqlParameter("@userID", userID));

                    using (SqlDataAdapter da = new SqlDataAdapter(cmd))
                    {
                        result = new DataTable();
                        da.Fill(result);
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            //Pokemon exception handling
        }

        //user id not found, lets treat him as a guest        
        return result;
    }
}

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