How to ensure SQL-injection isn't possible?

[Yuriy Zilbergleyt]

Hello,

I know that with PreparedStatements, values automatically get escaped so a value containing a single quote, for example, won't be a problem. However I'm currently coding for MySQL, in which PreparedStatements are actually slower than Statements (because there's no native support for them I guess.) Is there a function in JDBC somewhere that automatically escapes a parameter so it can be added to a SQL string as a literal?

Similar question for the byte array of a serialized java object. Is it possible to insert one using a normal Statement?

Thank you,
Yuriy

[Maximilian Xavier Stocker]

The quick answer is no there is not another method. Namely because such escaping is DB dependent which is what PreparedStatements are for.

You should stick with PreparedStatements because the security and portability benefits FAR outweigh any performance hit you are taking.