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clock July 15, 2014 11:04 by author Ben

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SQL Server Hosting with ASPHostPortal.com :: How to Backup and Restore Your Database with PowerShell Commands

clock July 10, 2014 09:20 by author Ben

PowerShell is Microsoft’s new command-line shell and scripting language that promises to simplify automation and integration across different Microsoft applications and components. Database professionals can leverage PowerShell by utilizing its numerous built-in cmdlets, or using any of the readily available .NET classes, to automate database tasks, simplify integration, or just discover new ways to accomplish the job at hand.

Windows PowerShell commands can be a valuable addition to your SQL Server management tools. PowerShell is going to replace SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) anytime soon, it can be used for a wide range of scripted management tasks. PowerShell can run T-SQL commands and also work with objects outside of the SQL Server database. You can use the SQL Server PowerShell Provider to navigate and manage SQL Server database objects, and PowerShell scripts can be run by SQL Agent.

Here is a working Windows PowerShell script to perform a FULL database backup against the Northwind database, storing the backup file in your file system.

[System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName('Microsoft.SqlServer.SMO') | out-null
$s = New-Object ('Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Server') "LOCALHOST\SQL2005_1"

#Create a Backup object instance with the Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Backup namespace
$dbBackup = new-object ("Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Backup")

#Set the Database property to Northwind
$dbBackup.Database = "Northwind"

#Add the backup file to the Devices collection and specify File as the backup type
$dbBackup.Devices.AddDevice("D:\PSScripts\backups\NWind_FULL.bak", "File")

#Specify the Action property to generate a FULL backup
$dbBackup.Action="Database"

#Call the SqlBackup method to generate the backup
$dbBackup.SqlBackup($s)


Since you won't be performing backups of just a single database, it would be better if we loop the entire script in a For-Each cmdlet iterating thru the Databases collection of the Server object.

[System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("Microsoft.SqlServer.SMO") | out-null
$s = new-object ("Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Server") $instance

$bkdir = "D:\PSScripts\backups" #We define the folder path as a variable
$dbs = $s.Databases
foreach ($db in $dbs)
{
     if($db.Name -ne "tempdb") #We don't want to backup the tempdb database
     {
     $dbname = $db.Name
     $dt = get-date -format yyyyMMddHHmm #We use this to create a file name based on the timestamp
     $dbBackup = new-object ("Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Backup")
     $dbBackup.Action = "Database"
     $dbBackup.Database = $dbname
     $dbBackup.Devices.AddDevice($bkdir + "\" + $dbname + "_db_" + $dt + ".bak", "File")
     $dbBackup.SqlBackup($s)
     }
}


There are a lot of different reasons why we need to restore databases, so there are a lot more options with restores than there are with backups. The easiest way to demonstrate a restore is to simply restore a database from a full backup, setting the option to overwrite the existing database.

Restore-SqlDatabase -ServerInstance TESTSQL -Database Northwind`
-BackupFile "E:\Backup\Northwind_db_20130420153024.bak" -ReplaceDatabase


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Cheap SQL 2014 Hosting with ASPHostPortal.com:: How to Create Cron Job to Backup Your SQL Database

clock June 20, 2014 08:31 by author Ben

Cron Jobs are used for scheduling tasks to run on the server. They're most commonly used for automating system maintenance or administration. However, they are also relevant to web application development. There are many situations when a web application may need certain tasks to run periodically. A cron job/scheduled task is a system-side automatic task that can be configured to run for an infinite number of times at a given interval. Cron/scheduled task allows you to schedule a command or a script to run at a specific time of day, or on a specific day of the week or at a particular time of day on a specific day of the month. It allow for scheduling down to the minute and up to an annual event.

Here is the simple step how to create Cron Job to Backup Your SQL Database :

Step 1. Create a folder to store the backup in your FTP application
Open your ftp application and connect to the account that has the database you want to back up. Create a folder outside of the webcontent called "backups".
fs1-n02stor1wc1dfw2382489382489www.yoursite.combackups

Step 2. Set folder permissions in your FTP application
Right click the folder and add all write permissions. If your Ftp software doesn't do this then checkout the free FTP client called FileZilla.

Step 3. Create a stored procedure that performs the backup with an input parameter for the filename
Connect to your database using a client  and run a query like this. The procedure will be named FullBackup in this example

set ANSI_NULLS ON
set QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
GO

CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[FullBackup]
 @FileName  nvarchar(256)
AS
BEGIN

SET NOCOUNT ON;

BACKUP DATABASE [123456_YourDatabase] TO  DISK = @FileName WITH NOFORMAT, NOINIT,  NAME = N'Full Database Backup', SKIP, NOREWIND, NOUNLOAD,  STATS = 10

END


Step 4. Create a web page that executes the stored procedure
You can use php or asp.net for this also. For something this simple, you can use classic asp. That way there is no .dll to deal with and no application restart needed.  Now create a new asp page and called it backupdb.asp.  The contents of the file are as follows. When you are done, upload this file to a folder in your content area.
This script will generate a filename based on the date. If a backup already exists for that date it will increment a version counter until a fresh filename is found. This script will generate 1 file per execution. Modify as needed if you want to increment a single file.  Edit the location & connection string to work for you.

<%@LANGUAGE="VBSCRIPT" CODEPAGE="65001"%>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Untitled Document</title>
</head>

<body>

<%
    dim thismonth, thisday, thisyear, location, filelename, ver, extention, abolutespath

thismonth= datepart("m", now())
thisday=datepart("d", now())
thisyear=datepart("yyyy",now())

location="fs1-n03stor1wc1dfw8382492382489www.yoursite.combackups"
filename="dbBackup-" & thismonth & "-" & thisday & "-" & thisyear & "_"
ver=1
extention=".bak"

absolutepath=location & filename & ver & extention

    set fso = Server.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
 
while (fso.FileExists(absolutepath)=True)
ver=ver+1
absolutepath=location & filename & ver & extention
wend

    Set cn = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
    cn.connectionString= "Provider=SQLNCLI;Server=mssql05-01.wc1;Database=123456_YourDatabase;Uid=123456_YourUsername; Pwd=Yourpassword;"
   cn.open

   Set cmd = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Command")
   Set cmd.ActiveConnection = cn
   cmd.CommandText = "FullBackup"
   cmd.CommandType = 4 'adCmdStoredProc
 
   cmd.Parameters.Refresh
   cmd.Parameters(1) = absolutepath
 
   cmd.Execute

   cn.close
 
%>

   Execution complete:  Filename=<%= filename & ver & extention%>

</body>
</html>


Step 5.  Schedule a Cron job to call the web page.

Access your control panel and go to the features tab of the site with the database. Choose http as the language, Enter the URL to the asp script and your email and Schedule the job for a daily run at an off hour.

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SQL 2012 Hosting with ASPHostPortal.com:: How to Handle Deadlock in SQL Server with Script

clock June 13, 2014 09:30 by author Ben

A deadlock is an inevitable situation in the RDBMS architecture and very common in high-volume OLTP environments. A deadlock occurs when two (or more) processes attempt to access a resource that the other process holds a lock on. Because each process has a request for another resource, neither process can be completed. When a deadlock is detected, SQL Server rolls back the command that has the least processing time and returns error message 1205 to the client application. This error is not fatal and may not cause the batch to be terminated.

Here is the simple script to handle deadlock monitoring using T-SQL code

CREATE EVENT SESSION [Deadlock_Monitor] ON SERVER
 ADD EVENT sqlserver.xml_deadlock_report
 ADD TARGET package0.event_file(SET filename=N'C:\Temp\Deadlock_Monitor.xel')
 WITH (MAX_MEMORY=4096 KB,EVENT_RETENTION_MODE=ALLOW_SINGLE_EVENT_LOSS,
 MAX_DISPATCH_LATENCY=30 SECONDS,MAX_EVENT_SIZE=0 KB,MEMORY_PARTITION_MODE=NONE,
 TRACK_CAUSALITY=OFF,STARTUP_STATE=ON)
 GO

For another way, there is two method with script to handle deadlock in SQL Server, such as:

  • method 1

/*--
-- ,,
-- ,,
-- ,,,
-- 2004.4--
--
 exec p_lockinfo
--*/
create proc p_lockinfo
    @kill_lock_spid bit=1, --,1 , 0
    @show_spid_if_nolock bit=1 --,,1 ,0
as
    declare @count int,@s nvarchar(1000),@i int
    select id=identity(int,1,1),,
        ID=spid,ID=kpid,ID=blocked,ID=dbid,
        =db_name(dbid),ID=uid,=loginame,CPU=cpu,
        =login_time,=open_tran, =status,
        =hostname,=program_name,ID=hostprocess,
        =nt_domain,=net_address
    into #t from(
        select ='',
            spid,kpid,a.blocked,dbid,uid,loginame,cpu,login_time,open_tran,
            status,hostname,program_name,hostprocess,nt_domain,net_address,
            s1=a.spid,s2=0
        from master..sysprocesses a join (
        select blocked from master..sysprocesses group by blocked
        )b on a.spid=b.blocked where a.blocked=0
        union all
        select '|__>',
            spid,kpid,blocked,dbid,uid,loginame,cpu,login_time,open_tran,
            status,hostname,program_name,hostprocess,nt_domain,net_address,
            s1=blocked,s2=1
        from master..sysprocesses a where blocked<>0
        )a order by s1,s2

    select @count=@@rowcount,@i=1

    if @count=0 and @show_spid_if_nolock=1
    begin
        insert #t
        select ='',
            spid,kpid,blocked,dbid,db_name(dbid),uid,loginame,cpu,login_time,
            open_tran,status,hostname,program_name,hostprocess,nt_domain,net_address
        from master..sysprocesses
        set @count=@@rowcount
    end

    if @count>0
    begin
        create table #t1(id int identity(1,1),a nvarchar(30),b Int,EventInfo nvarchar(255))
        if @kill_lock_spid=1
            begin
                declare @spid varchar(10),@ varchar(10)
                while @i<=@count
                begin
                    select @spid=ID,@= from #t where id=@i
                    insert #t1 exec('dbcc inputbuffer('+@spid+')')
                    if @='' exec('kill '+@spid)
                    set @i=@i+1
                end
            end
        else
            while @i<=@count
            begin
                select @s='dbcc inputbuffer('+cast(ID as varchar)+')' from #t where id=@i
                insert #t1 exec(@s)
                set @i=@i+1
            end
        select a.*,SQL=b.EventInfo
        from #t a join #t1 b on a.id=b.id
    end
go

  • method 2


SELECT
request_session_id as Spid,
Coalesce(s.name + '.' + o.name + isnull('.' + i.name,''),
s2.name + '.' + o2.name,
db.name) AS Object,
l.resource_type as Type,
request_mode as Mode,
request_status as Status
FROM sys.dm_tran_locks l
LEFT JOIN sys.partitions p
ON l.resource_associated_entity_id = p.hobt_id
LEFT JOIN sys.indexes i
ON p.object_id = i.object_id
AND p.index_id = i.index_id
LEFT JOIN sys.objects o
ON p.object_id = o.object_id
LEFT JOIN sys.schemas s
ON o.schema_id = s.schema_id
LEFT JOIN sys.objects o2
ON l.resource_associated_entity_id = o2.object_id
LEFT JOIN sys.schemas s2
ON o2.schema_id = s2.schema_id
LEFT JOIN sys.databases db
ON l.resource_database_id = db.database_id
WHERE resource_database_id = DB_ID()
ORDER BY Spid, Object, CASE l.resource_type
When 'database' Then 1
when 'object' then 2
when 'page' then 3
when 'key' then 4
Else 5 end


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SQL 2014 Hosting with ASPHostPortal.com:: How to Backup All SQL Databases with Simple Script

clock June 11, 2014 09:16 by author Ben

SQL Server Backup Script to backup SQL Server databases. It loops through all the databases dynamically using a select statement to the master database where all the names of the databases are located on the instance. It backs up each database, except those specified in the WHERE clause which you can add your unwanted databases to be backed up.

Here is the script that will allow you to backup each database within your instance of SQL Server.  You will need to change the @path to the appropriate backup directory.

File Naming Format DBname_YYYYDDMM.BAK

DECLARE @name VARCHAR(50) -- database name 
DECLARE @path VARCHAR(256) -- path for backup files 
DECLARE @fileName VARCHAR(256) -- filename for backup 
DECLARE @fileDate VARCHAR(20) -- used for file name

-- specify database backup directory
SET @path = 'C:\Backup\' 
 
-- specify filename format
SELECT @fileDate = CONVERT(VARCHAR(20),GETDATE(),112)

DECLARE db_cursor CURSOR FOR 
SELECT name
FROM master.dbo.sysdatabases
WHERE name NOT IN ('master','model','msdb','tempdb')  -- exclude these databases

OPEN db_cursor  
FETCH NEXT FROM db_cursor INTO @name  

WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0  
BEGIN  
       SET @fileName = @path + @name + '_' + @fileDate + '.BAK' 
       BACKUP DATABASE @name TO DISK = @fileName 
 
       FETCH NEXT FROM db_cursor INTO @name  
END  
 
CLOSE db_cursor  
DEALLOCATE db_cursor

File Naming Format DBname_YYYYDDMM_HHMMSS.BAK

If you want to also include the time in the filename you can replace this line in the above script:
-- specify filename format
SELECT @fileDate = CONVERT(VARCHAR(20),GETDATE(),112)


with this line:
-- specify filename format
SELECT @fileDate = CONVERT(VARCHAR(20),GETDATE(),112) + REPLACE(CONVERT(VARCHAR(20),GETDATE(),108),':','')


In this script we are bypassing the system databases, but these could easily be included as well.  You could also change this into a stored procedure and pass in a database name or if left NULL it backups all databases.  Any way you choose to use it, this script gives you the starting point to simply backup all of your databases.

Also, if you wanted to bypass some of your user databases you can include them in the NOT IN section as well.
and the next steps :

  1. Add this script to your toolbox
  2. Modify this script and make it a stored procedure to include one or many parameters
  3. Enhance the script to use additional BACKUP options


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clock June 10, 2014 12:14 by author Ben

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Cheap ASP.NET MVC 5.1.1 Hosting:: How to Integrated PayPal with ASP.NET MVC

clock June 9, 2014 11:26 by author Ben

This article discusses integration of PayPal payment gateway in asp.net MVC  web application. PayPal is an online payment service that allows you to pay for purchases, receive payments, or to send and receive money. To receive these services, a person must submit various financial details to PayPal, such as credit card number, transmission can be done by mail. Thereafter, transactions are conducted without having to disclose financial details, an email address and a password is sufficient.

We will look at a simple scenario of taking a user to a PayPal payment page to checkout.

1. Setting up the development tools

  • Creating a PayPal Account

You will need a sandbox account to test your transactions. The sandbox account is separate from a regular account and is all you need to sign up to before you develop and test your code.

  • PayPal Account Settings

It's good practice to put things like account settings in the web.config. The code in this article will access these settings. You must change the sandbox setting to False when using regular account details:

<appSettings>     
   <add key="PayPal:Sandbox" value="True" />
   <add key="PayPal:Username" value="*" />
   <add key="PayPal:Password" value="*" />
   <add key="PayPal:Signature" value="*" />
   <add key="PayPal:ReturnUrl" value="http://www.asphostportal.com" />
   <add key="PayPal:CancelUrl" value="http://www.asphostportal.com" />
</appSettings>


2. Creating the button
Now, you will have to create two Views in a Controller, one where you have the button and one where you have the validation mechanism. Let’s start with the button! Put the code below into any View. My View name is IPN in the User controller.
<!-- When you are done with all testing and want to change to the real PayPal, use following instead-->
<form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post">
<!-- end of Real PayPal example-->
 
<form action="https://www.sandbox.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post">
    <fieldset>
        <input class="full-width" type="hidden" name="business" value="<!--enter the Business account email here-->">
        <input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_xclick">
        <input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="The unlimited music download subscription">
        <input type="hidden" name="amount" value="9">
        <input type="hidden" name="no_shipping" value="1">
        <input type=hidden name=RETURNURL
               value="http://example.com/User/IPN">
        <input type="hidden" name="return" value="http://example.com/User/IPN">
        <input type="hidden" name="notify_url" value="http://example.com/User/IPN">
 
        <button type="submit">Order now!</button>
    </fieldset>
</form>


3. Processing the information returned by PayPal

The example code is based on this code. Please take a look at it to see how it is done with several variables.

Now you need to create a new View in the controller, called IPN. Insert the following code:
public ActionResult IPN()
{
 
    var order = new Order(); // this is something I have defined in order to save the order in the database
 
    // Receive IPN request from PayPal and parse all the variables returned
    var formVals = new Dictionary<string, string>();
    formVals.Add("cmd", "_notify-synch"); //notify-synch_notify-validate
    formVals.Add("at", "this is a long token found in Buyers account"); // this has to be adjusted
    formVals.Add("tx", Request["tx"]);
 
    // if you want to use the PayPal sandbox change this from false to true
    string response = GetPayPalResponse(formVals, false);
 
    if (response.Contains("SUCCESS"))
    {
        string transactionID = GetPDTValue(response, "txn_id"); // txn_id //d
        string sAmountPaid = GetPDTValue(response,"mc_gross"); // d
        string deviceID = GetPDTValue(response, "custom"); // d
        string payerEmail = GetPDTValue(response,"payer_email"); // d
        string Item = GetPDTValue(response,"item_name");
 
        //validate the order
        Decimal amountPaid = 0;
        Decimal.TryParse(sAmountPaid, System.Globalization.NumberStyles.Number, System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, out amountPaid);
 
        if (amountPaid == 9 )  // you might want to have a bigger than or equal to sign here!
        {
            if (orders.Count(d => d.PayPalOrderRef == transactionID) < 1)
            {
                //if the transactionID is not found in the database, add it
                //then, add the additional features to the user account
            }
            else
            {
                //if we are here, the user must have already used the transaction ID for an account
                //you might want to show the details of the order, but do not upgrade it!
            }
            // take the information returned and store this into a subscription table
            // this is where you would update your database with the details of the tran
 
            //return View();
 
        }
        else
        {
            // let fail - this is the IPN so there is no viewer
            // you may want to log something here
            order.Comments = "User did not pay the right ammount.";
 
            // since the user did not pay the right amount, we still want to log that for future reference.
 
            _db.Orders.Add(order); // order is your new Order
            _db.SaveChanges();
        }
 
    }
    else
    {
        //error
    }
    return View();
}
 
string GetPayPalResponse(Dictionary<string, string> formVals, bool useSandbox)
{
 
    string paypalUrl = useSandbox ? "https://www.sandbox.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr"
        : "https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr";
 
    HttpWebRequest req = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(paypalUrl);
 
    // Set values for the request back
    req.Method = "POST";
    req.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";
 
    byte[] param = Request.BinaryRead(Request.ContentLength);
    string strRequest = Encoding.ASCII.GetString(param);
 
    StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
    sb.Append(strRequest);
 
    foreach (string key in formVals.Keys)
    {
        sb.AppendFormat("&{0}={1}", key, formVals[key]);
    }
    strRequest += sb.ToString();
    req.ContentLength = strRequest.Length;
 
    //for proxy
    //WebProxy proxy = new WebProxy(new Uri("http://urlort#");
    //req.Proxy = proxy;
    //Send the request to PayPal and get the response
    string response = "";
    using (StreamWriter streamOut = new StreamWriter(req.GetRequestStream(), System.Text.Encoding.ASCII))
    {
 
        streamOut.Write(strRequest);
        streamOut.Close();
        using (StreamReader streamIn = new StreamReader(req.GetResponse().GetResponseStream()))
        {
            response = streamIn.ReadToEnd();
        }
    }
 
    return response;
}
string GetPDTValue(string pdt, string key)
{
 
    string[] keys = pdt.Split('\n');
    string thisVal = "";
    string thisKey = "";
    foreach (string s in keys)
    {
        string[] bits = s.Split('=');
        if (bits.Length > 1)
        {
            thisVal = bits[1];
            thisKey = bits[0];
            if (thisKey.Equals(key, StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase))
                break;
        }
    }
    return thisVal;
 
}


Please note down the Activation token found in the Buyers account in Profile>My Selling Tools>Website preferences> Update. Then, enable auto return and payment data transfer. There, you will also find the Activation token which you should add to:
formVals.Add("at", "this is a long token found in Buyers account");

 

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Cheap Windows Hosting Based in USA:: How to Fix SQL Injection Vulnerabilities in ASP.NET

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Simply stated, SQL injection vulnerabilities are caused by software applications that accept data from an untrusted source (internet users), fail to properly validate and sanitize the data, and subsequently use that data to dynamically construct an SQL query to the database backing that application. For example, imagine a simple application that takes inputs of a username and password. It may ultimately process this input in an SQL statement of the form

string query = "SELECT * FROM users WHERE username = "'" + username + "' AND password = '" + password + "'";

Since this query is constructed by concatenating an input string directly from the user, the query behaves correctly only if password does not contain a single-quote character.

Impact of SQL Injection vulnerabilities

  • Reading, Updating and Deleting arbitrary data from the database
  • Executing commands on the underlying operating system
  • Reading, Updating and Deleting arbitrary tables from the database

There are many way finding SQL Injection Vulnerabilities manually. But, in this article, I will show you how to find SQL Injection Vulnerabilities automatically. It’s no different than finding it manually. The process mainly involves three tasks :

  • Identifying Data Entry.
  • Inject Data to Database.
  • And last, detect anomalies from it’s response

you will see that you can do it automatically to a certain process. Identifying data entry (1st step) is something that can be automated. You can do it by just crawl the website and finding GET and POST request. As well ass Data Injection (2nd step), can also be done in an automatic fashion. The main problem is the 3rd step ( Detect Anomalies Response of Remote Server ). Although this part is easy for human to detect. it sometimes very difficult for a bot or software to detect it and fully understand output of the remote server. For example, when the web application returns the SQL error from database or when the web application returns HTTP 500 code error.

How to Fix SQL Injection Vulnerabilities in ASP.NET

c# code:

string queryText = "SELECT * FROM Students WHERE City=@City";
SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand(queryText, conn);
cmd.Parameters.Add("@City",City);
SqlDataAdapter da = new SqlDataAdapter(cmd);
DataSet ds = new DataSet();
da.Fill(ds);
return ds;


ASP.NET code:

/*C# code*/
string commandText = "SELECT * FROM Customers WHERE Country=@CountryName";
SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand(commandText, conn);
cmd.Parameters.Add("@CountryName",countryName);


Stored Procedure:

var connect = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["NorthWind"].ToString();
var query = "GetProductByID";
using (var conn = new SqlConnection(connect))
{
  using (var cmd = new SqlCommand(query, conn))
  {
    cmd.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure;
    cmd.Parameters.Add("@ProductID", SqlDbType.Int).Value = Convert.ToInt32(Request["ProductID"]);
    conn.Open();
    //Process results
  }
}


Fixing the SQL Injection Vulnerabilities would not be enough to protect your web application. You need to protect it using Runtime Protection.

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