SQL Table Lookup

Provides shortcodes to retrieve a value from any table in the WordPress database.

Author:Paul Harvey, SEO, harvest316 (profile at wordpress.org)
WordPress version required:3.0
WordPress version tested:
Plugin version:0.1
Added to WordPress repository:19-08-2014
Last updated:19-08-2014
Warning! This plugin has not been updated in over 2 years. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress.
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Plugin URI:http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/sql-table...
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You can use these SQL lookup shortcodes to extract data from any table in your WordPress database:

[sql query="SELECT a FROM b WHERE c='d';"]

[sql]SELECT a FROM b WHERE c='d';[/sql]

[sql table="b" unique_lookup_field="c" lookup_value="d" return_field="a"]

If a table or column name has a space or other unusual character in it, wrap it in `backticks`. If a value contains a space or other unusual characters, wrap it in 'single quotes'.

While I've taken considerable effort to prevent SQL injection attacks by escaping all other dangerous characters with esc_sql (which uses mysql_real_escape_string/mysqli_real_escape_string and addslashes), I would advise against using this plugin on a site that accepts any kind of posts or comments from untrusted sources.