sqlmapproject/sqlmap · error · SqlmapSyntaxException

option '--string' is incompatible with switch '--not-string'

Error message

option '--string' is incompatible with switch '--not-string'

What it means

Error "option '--string' is incompatible with switch '--not-string'" thrown in sqlmapproject/sqlmap.

Source

Thrown at lib/core/option.py:2906

    if conf.noCast and conf.hexConvert:
        errMsg = "switch '--no-cast' is incompatible with switch '--hex'"
        raise SqlmapSyntaxException(errMsg)

    if conf.crawlDepth:
        try:
            xrange(conf.crawlDepth)
        except OverflowError as ex:
            errMsg = "invalid value used for option '--crawl' ('%s')" % getSafeExString(ex)
            raise SqlmapSyntaxException(errMsg)

    if conf.dumpAll and conf.search:
        errMsg = "switch '--dump-all' is incompatible with switch '--search'"
        raise SqlmapSyntaxException(errMsg)

    if conf.string and conf.notString:
        errMsg = "option '--string' is incompatible with switch '--not-string'"
        raise SqlmapSyntaxException(errMsg)

    if conf.regexp and conf.nullConnection:
        errMsg = "option '--regexp' is incompatible with switch '--null-connection'"
        raise SqlmapSyntaxException(errMsg)

    if conf.regexp:
        try:
            re.compile(conf.regexp)
        except Exception as ex:
            errMsg = "invalid regular expression '%s' ('%s')" % (conf.regexp, getSafeExString(ex))
            raise SqlmapSyntaxException(errMsg)

    if conf.paramExclude:
        if re.search(r"\A\w+,", conf.paramExclude):
            conf.paramExclude = r"\A(%s)\Z" % ('|'.join(re.escape(_).strip() for _ in conf.paramExclude.split(',')))

        try:
            re.compile(conf.paramExclude)

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at lib/core/option.py:2906 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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