Announce: DBI 1.637
Tim Bunce <[email protected]>
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=head2 Changes in DBI 1.637
Fix use of externally controlled format string (CWE-134) thanks to pali #44
This could cause a crash if, for example, a db error contained a %.
https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/134.html
Fix extension detection for DBD::File related drivers
Fix tests for perl without dot in @INC RT#120443
Fix loss of error message on parent handle, thanks to charsbar #34
Fix disappearing $_ inside callbacks, thanks to robschaber #47
Allow objects to be used as passwords without throwing an error, thanks to demerphq #40
Allow $sth NAME_* attributes to be set from Perl code, re #45
Added support for DBD::XMLSimple thanks to nigelhorne #38
Documentation updates:
Improve examples using eval to be more correct, thanks to pali #39
Add cautionary note to prepare_cached docs re refs in %attr #46
Small POD changes (Getting Help -> Online) thanks to openstrike #33
Adds links to more module names and fix typo, thanks to oalders #43
Typo fix thanks to bor #37
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Many thanks to those who contributed to this release.
Enjoy!
Tim.