  def self.get_from_name(user_name)

    SqlHelper.validate_token([user_name])

    begin
      user = User.where(name: user_name).first
    rescue => evar
      Log.add_error(nil, evar)
    end

    return user
  end
The software constructs all or part of an SQL command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended SQL command when it is sent to a downstream component.