[CountBale]

My game has high scores and I need a way to store the high scores online so everyone can access the global high scores from in game. Originally I was going to use Mysql but I thought that it would be too easy for people to fake scores with that, what would be the best method for sending, retrieving and storing high scores?

[tlhIn`toq]

1 - If you properly parameterize your queries it helps.
2 - Encrypt the data rather than storing plan text like "Bob, 145000"


Q:... how to do x,y,z with a database {probably for the first time}...
A: Read this tutorial
Entire section of tutorials
Parameterizing Your SQL Queries: The RIGHT Way To Query A Database.
Using SqlDependency to monitor SQL database changes

[CountBale]

tlhIn`toq, on 14 February 2013 - 07:32 AM, said:

1 - If you properly parameterize your queries it helps.
2 - Encrypt the data rather than storing plan text like "Bob, 145000"


Q:... how to do x,y,z with a database {probably for the first time}...
A: Read this tutorial
Entire section of tutorials
Parameterizing Your SQL Queries: The RIGHT Way To Query A Database.
Using SqlDependency to monitor SQL database changes

Thanks, I will try a simple encryption. I doubt I need anything complex since I'm not going to be releasing this game or anything.

[tlhIn`toq]

Don't worry about simple or hard... There are good industrial-level encryption schemes already present in .NET, or other libraries already out there if you are not in Windows.

Take the extra time to work out a quality encryption class one time.
Add that to your personal framework/library/skeleton of code and you won't have to re-invent the wheel for every project.