#28314 [Bgs]: sybase-ct's MSSQL_ASSOC not defined
ID: 28314
Updated by: fmk@php.net
Reported By: adamh at densi dot com
Status: Bogus
Bug Type: Sybase-ct (ctlib) related
Operating System: Linux
PHP Version: 4.3.4
New Comment:
When you compile with Sybase-ct you will nt get the mssql functions,
but the sybase functions and a set of aliases. If you look at the
documentation you will see that the mssql extension includes a larger
number of functions than the sybase extensions. The mssql aliases
provided by the sybase extension was implemented before the 'native'
mssql extension was available on *nix.
Previous Comments:
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[2004-05-08 14:50:21] wez@php.net
Because you need to have the mssql extension loaded to use its
constants.
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[2004-05-08 14:40:08] adamh at densi dot com
Yes, obviously I can use mssql_* functions using FreeTDS. But I can
*also* use them with --with-sybase-ct. When I use them with SybaseCT,
they do not behave as documented.
To me, the FreeTDS argument sounds like, "If you've found a bug in
strlen() with uClibc, you can use glibc instead." And yes, I can, but
that doesn't mean uClibc doesn't have a bug.
This seems so clear-cut to me I know I must be missing something. Why
is this not a bug?
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[2004-05-07 23:46:36] fmk@php.net
If you want to use the mssql_* functions you can use the --with-mssql
option. This requires FreeTDS.
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[2004-05-07 18:16:19] adamh at densi dot com
I'm delving into the source, so please correct me if I err:
Inside the source, sybase_fetch_array() and sybase_fetch_assoc() both
call php_sybase_fetch_hash(), in exactly the same manner as
php_mssql_fetch_hash().
In other words, mssql_fetch_assoc($r) (the "real" one) is equivalent to
mssql_fetch_array($r, MSSQL_ASSOC) internally, since both functions
call php_mssql_fetch_hash() with different arguments. I see a direct
parallel to Sybase_ct's php_sybase_fetch_hash(), with two differences:
1. php_sybase_fetch_hash() doesn't parse for the possible second
argument.
2. MSSQL_ASSOC is not defined.
However, both of these issues are trivial to resolve, aren't they? It
seems to me that sybase_ct should conform to mssql on commonly used,
well-documented functions.
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[2004-05-07 18:02:50] iliaa@php.net
The MSSQL_ASSOC constant is ONLY defined by the mssql
extension. The sybase extension does not define this
constant because sybase_fetch_array() (on which
mssql_fetch_array()) is based on in sybase* extension does
not support this feature. You should instead be using the
sybase_fetch_assoc() function.
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