Terrell inherited some database stored procedures. Like all good, Enterprisey stored procedures, it was written in PL/SQL. Unlike most Enterprisey procedures, it had a clear purpose: to clean your dirty inputs.

The actual problem: based on user input, the PL/SQL code needed to write a temporary file to the filesystem. Since user input is full of filthy, illicit characters, this procedure needs to clean them up.

PROCEDURE p_clean_name (
      p_file_name             IN       VARCHAR2,
      p_file_name_end         OUT      VARCHAR2
   )
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Purpose: Clean the file name removing all dirty characters
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   IS
      l_function_name   VARCHAR2 (64) := 'p_clean_name';
   BEGIN
      p_file_name_end :=
         REPLACE
            (REPLACE
                (REPLACE
                    (REPLACE
                        (REPLACE
                            (REPLACE
                                (REPLACE
                                    (REPLACE
                                        (REPLACE
                                            (REPLACE
                                                (REPLACE
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                                                                    (REPLACE
                                                                        (REPLACE
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                                                                                                                            (REPLACE
                                                                                                                                (REPLACE
                                                                                                                                    (REPLACE
                                                                                                                                        (TRIM
                                                                                                                                            (p_file_name
                                                                                                                                            ),
                                                                                                                                         '/',
                                                                                                                                         '_'
                                                                                                                                        ),
                                                                                                                                     '*',
                                                                                                                                     '_'
                                                                                                                                    ),
                                                                                                                                 '%',
                                                                                                                                 '_'
                                                                                                                                ),
                                                                                                                             '`u',
                                                                                                                             '_'
                                                                                                                            ),
                                                                                                                         '`o',
                                                                                                                         '_'
                                                                                                                        ),
                                                                                                                     '`a',
                                                                                                                     '_'
                                                                                                                    ),
                                                                                                                 '`e',
                                                                                                                 '_'
                                                                                                                ),
                                                                                                             '`u',
                                                                                                             '_'
                                                                                                            ),
                                                                                                         '`i',
                                                                                                         '_'
                                                                                                        ),
                                                                                                     ''e',
                                                                                                     '_'
                                                                                                    ),
                                                                                                 '°',
                                                                                                 '_'
                                                                                                ),
                                                                                             '$',
                                                                                             '_'
                                                                                            ),
                                                                                         'lb',
                                                                                         '_'
                                                                                        ),
                                                                                     '&',
                                                                                     '_'
                                                                                    ),
                                                                                 '?',
                                                                                 '_'
                                                                                ),
                                                                             '§',
                                                                             '_'
                                                                            ),
                                                                         '^',
                                                                         '_'
                                                                        ),
                                                                     '(',
                                                                     '_'
                                                                    ),
                                                                 ')',
                                                                 '_'
                                                                ),
                                                             '\',
                                                             '_'
                                                            ),
                                                         '#',
                                                         '_'
                                                        ),
                                                     '+',
                                                     '_'
                                                    ),
                                                 '[',
                                                 '_'
                                                ),
                                             ']',
                                             '_'
                                            ),
                                         ';',
                                         '_'
                                        ),
                                     ':',
                                     '_'
                                    ),
                                 '@',
                                 '_'
                                ),
                             'c',
                             '_'
                            ),
                         '<',
                         '_'
                        ),
                     '>',
                     '_'
                    ),
                 '.',
                 '_'
                ),
             ' ',
             '_'
            );
   EXCEPTION
      WHEN OTHERS
      THEN
         p_handle_log ('X',
                      SQLCODE ||'-'|| SQLERRM || '- ' || DBMS_UTILITY.format_error_backtrace(),
                      l_function_name,
                      null,
                      null
                     );     
   END;

Well, something is dirty in here.

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