Bug #6217 Method TokenizeSql() uses only a limited set of valid characters for parameters
Submitted: 22 Oct 2004 15:43 Modified: 22 Oct 2004 18:38
Reporter: Levap Aretnyd Email Updates:
Status: Closed Impact on me:
None 
Category:Connector / NET Severity:S3 (Non-critical)
Version:1.0.0 beta OS:Windows (Windows 2003)
Assigned to: Reggie Burnett CPU Architecture:Any

[22 Oct 2004 15:43] Levap Aretnyd
Description:
Method MySqlCommand.TokenizeSql() ends a token when a valid parameter-name character is found - it uses too limited set of valid characters. Currently the method stops "recording" a parameter-name token when it is not letter-or-digit and not '_'. I think more characters are valid in parameter name, for example '$' character.

How to repeat:
See description.

Suggested fix:
Parameter names seems to not use same restrictions as user variables (according to manual valid characters for user variables are "alphanumeric characters from the current character set, `.', `_', and `$'."). I have tested that '$' is valid but '.' is not.

If only a '$' character is missing from the valid set, the line 627-628 in command.cs (method MySqlCommand.TokenizeSql()) then should look like this:

else if (sqlPart.Length > 0 && sqlPart[0] == parameters.ParameterMarker &&
 !Char.IsLetterOrDigit(c) && c != '_' && c != '$') // '$' is added as valid character for parameter name
{ // code then goes on unchanged
[22 Oct 2004 18:38] Reggie Burnett
Thank you for your bug report. This issue has been committed to our
source repository of that product and will be incorporated into the
next release.

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Additional info:

Ok, _, ., and $ are now supported in parameter names.