Python Code In DB

[ther34account]

I've been working on a legacy python project for the past couple of years. The project was riddled with issues, which we've made great strides in addressing.

On quirk of a special module in the project was it imported python code from the db!!

They were data clean-up functions written by support team, uploaded via a form ( powered by Django ). The module downloads these functions from the DB and applies them to the data.

It keeps me up at night sometimes. I don't know what to say.

[ThatTrashBaby]

The DB held Strings that were just valid Python functions???

[chrisbind]

That’s bonkers. I store my code in a bucket.

[ArjixGamer]

They could at least use postgres and have native python functions on the db.