"Internal Server Errors" on forum possible work-around.

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"Internal Server Errors" on forum possible work-around.

Postby Joe Pecore » June 1st, 2009, 2:41 pm

If you are getting an "Internal Server Errors" when posting, check to see if you have the word "FROM" anywhere after the word "SELECT". If so, modify your post to avoid it and see if that works.

The server appears to be blocking those words in that order as this is a type of server attack known as SQL injection : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SQL_injection
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Re: "Internal Server Errors" on forum possible work-around.

Postby Richard Kaufman » June 1st, 2009, 3:08 pm

I just tried it and you're correct!
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Re: "Internal Server Errors" on forum possible work-around.

Postby Joe Pecore » June 1st, 2009, 3:24 pm

This goes for MagicPedia articles also (since it's on the same server).
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Re: "Internal Server Errors" on forum possible work-around.

Postby Joe Pecore » June 1st, 2009, 5:25 pm

It's also an issue with any variations on SELECT, like SELECTed, or SELECTion.

And it doesn't matter how far apart the two words are, either.


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Re: "Internal Server Errors" on forum possible work-around.

Postby admin » June 1st, 2009, 11:40 pm

After some work, we've cleaned out the problem.

So: if anyone has more problems like this, please let us know.

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Re: "Internal Server Errors" on forum possible work-around.

Postby Joe Pecore » June 2nd, 2009, 5:33 am

I'm still getting the error if the words are close together.
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