microsoft / microsoft/go-sqlcmd

Use a Uri package to build SQL Connection strings

Open
#265 0 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

Nobody has claimed this yet.

enhancement housekeeping sqlcmd switch
Dominant language
Go
Stars
595
Forks
91
Avg merge
9h 35m
Merged PRs (30d)
1

Description

Right now

sqlcmd config connection-strings

is using sprintf to build the connection strings. This probably doesn't do escaping correctly in all situations.

Rewrite this code to use a Uri build for each connection string, which will ensure all values are correctly escaped.

Contributor guide

No contributing guide indexed for this repository

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start with the implementation behind sqlcmd config connection-strings and trace how each connection string is currently assembled with sprintf. Replace that assembly with a Uri builder and verify that values are escaped correctly in all relevant connection strings.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
go
Domain
cli, databases
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

Get new issues in your inbox

A short digest of beginner-friendly GitHub issues.