Re: return # of rows
| From: | Andreas Karajannis | Date: | Thu, 29 Jun 2000 07:09:01 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: return # of rows | ||
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Chuck Barnett wrote:
> According to the PHP online manual,
> the odbc_do() returns string rather than int
> while odbc_exec() returns an int.
>
This is a doc bug, will fix it.
Odbc_do() is simply a synonym for odbc_exec(), both return an int.
Odbc_num_rows() returns the number of rows affected by an update or
insert command.
Very few drivers (Adabas being the only I know) also return the number
of rows in a result set.
-Andreas
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