order = order.to_s
attr, direction = order.strip.split " "
direction ||= 'asc'
+ # The attr can have its table unspecified if it happens to be for the current "model_class" (the first case)
+ # or it can be fully specified with the database tablename (the second case) (e.g. "collections.name").
+ # NB that the security check for the second case table_name will not work if the model
+ # has used set_table_name to use an alternate table name from the Rails standard.
+ # I could not find a perfect way to handle this well, but ActiveRecord::Base.send(:descendants)
+ # would be a place to start if this ever becomes necessary.
if attr.match /^[a-z][_a-z0-9]+$/ and
model_class.columns.collect(&:name).index(attr) and
['asc','desc'].index direction.downcase
@orders << "#{table_name}.#{attr} #{direction.downcase}"
- elsif attr.match /^([a-z][_a-z0-9]+)\.([a-z][_a-z0-9]+)$/
+ elsif attr.match /^([a-z][_a-z0-9]+)\.([a-z][_a-z0-9]+)$/ and
+ ['asc','desc'].index(direction.downcase) and
+ ActiveRecord::Base.connection.tables.include?($1) and
+ $1.classify.constantize.columns.collect(&:name).index($2)
+ # $1 in the above checks references the first match from the regular expression, which is expected to be the database table name
+ # $2 is of course the actual database column name
@orders << "#{attr} #{direction.downcase}"
end
end
@distinct = false if (params[:distinct] == false || params[:distinct] == "false")
end
-
end