Re: Sybase array result problems-- help!!

Pretlow, I have always used ct-lib, with only one problem that wasn't my own fault. There was a problem with sybase_pconnect() which appeared with php4, but was fixed within 2-3 days of my submitting a bug report. Kudos to the development team members for their quick response! Regards, Carroll Barrett -----Original Message----- From: Pretlow L. Stevenson III <php@diamon-associates.com> To: Carroll Barrett <cbarrett@inalt.com> Date: Monday, July 17, 2000 5:27 PM Subject: RE: [PHP-DB] Sybase array result problems-- help!! >Hi Carrol, > >Good question. So let me try to explain without showing too much of my own >ignorance. ;-) > >To be honest, I'm not sure that a clear decision was made to go either way. >PHP is something that we've just now started to explore for our current >project. So part of our recent development scripts have served the purpose >of fulfilling our app requirements, while also serving to determine which >aspects of our system config are stable and which are not. I believe that >db-lib is the default unless you choose the ct-lib; or am I wrong here? But >to answer your question, I believe the server setup was geared more toward a >generic than optimized config. > >But as you stated, and after doing research, it seems that ct-lib does offer >a clear advantage over db-lib. So this is definitely the route we are going >to take. Also, I read that db-lib support is being phased out of Sybase, so >as you stated it doesn't really make sense to use the older lib, lose out on >the additional features ct-lib can offer, and have the hassle of writing >less than optimized scripts working around db-lib's shortcomings. I'm >assuming you've always been running ct-lib? I'm thinking this might explain >why you haven't had the refresh problems. Or have you also run db-lib with >success on PHP 4.x? I haven't seen any of the refresh problems reported >using ct-lib. Actually, I read a few postings that said to use ct-lib as a >workaround if you experience the db-lib problems. > > >Pretlow Stevenson >Computer Associates International > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Carroll Barrett [mailto:cbarrett@inalt.com] >Sent: Monday, July 17, 2000 5:05 PM >To: Pretlow L. Stevenson III; php-db@lists.php.net >Cc: php-dev@lists.php.net >Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] Sybase array result problems-- help!! > > >Pretlow, > >To expose some of my ignorance... > >Why do you use db-lib instead of ct-lib? When I began developing >the application I am currently working on, I chose to use Sybase >becase my client insisted on either Sybase or Oracle. I was not >familiar with either; but at that time Sybase ASE 11.0.3.3 was >the only completely free verson of either that I knew of, so >that's what I picked. I chose to use php's ct-lib support >because it was a newer package and it supported some functions >that db-lib did not. > >By the way, I have *not* experienced the refresh problems you >have. > >Regards, >Carroll Barrett >