Re: Re: artificial constraints in php_mysql_get_field_name

Well, were talking about a pretty specialized function, probably used only in programs like phpMyAdmin etc. On the other hand, software like phpMyAdmin needs real info, so... Looks like the constraint makes the function pretty useless: you'll get far more useful info from "show columns from table" today. Anyway, you could prolly get an idea how much welcome (or not) this change would be if you asked in php-general@. I could do it if you're interested. At 23:56 7/18/2001, Zeev Suraski wrote the following: -------------------------------------------------------------- >I think it'd break a huge amount of scripts, which is why I didn't even do it in the >3.0->4.0 move. > >Zeev > >At 00:55 19/07/2001, Cynic wrote: >>Hi Zeev, >> >>thanks for the prompt reply. I don't think another function >>is necessary if this gets changed in 4.1. what do you think? >>could you add this to the 4.1 TODO list? >> >>At 23:36 7/18/2001, Zeev Suraski wrote the following: >>-------------------------------------------------------------- >>>No good reason for that. When I wanted to change that, it was already too late in the >>>game. >>>It'd probably make good sense to add a mysql_get_field_name_ex() which returns a >>>more accurate value. >>> >>>Zeev >>> >>>At 00:37 19/07/2001, Cynic wrote: >>>>Hi there, >>>> >>>>could anyone tell me what is the reasoning behind the constraints >>>>on the values returned by php_mysql_get_field_name()? I. e.: >>>> >>>>... >>>>1737 case FIELD_TYPE_SHORT: >>>>1738 case FIELD_TYPE_LONG: >>>>1739 case FIELD_TYPE_LONGLONG: >>>>1740 case FIELD_TYPE_INT24: >>>>1741 return "int"; >>>>1742 break; >>>>1743 case FIELD_TYPE_FLOAT: >>>>1744 case FIELD_TYPE_DOUBLE: >>>>1745 case FIELD_TYPE_DECIMAL: >>>>1746 return "real"; >>>>1747 break; >>>>... >>>> >>>>why doesn't it return "short", "longlong", >>>>"double" etc. i. e. the >>>>real value? >>>> >>>>This has been so since php_mysql.c v1.1 (2yrs, Zeev), so there must be >>>>a good reason behind this, but I just see it. anyone care to enlighten >>>>me? >> >> >> >>cynic@mail.cz >>------------- >>And the eyes of them both were opened and they saw that their files >>were world readable and writable, so they chmoded 600 their files. >> - Book of Installation chapt 3 sec 7 > >-- >Zeev Suraski <zeev@zend.com> >CTO & co-founder, Zend Technologies Ltd. >http://www.zend.com/ > > >-- >PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> >To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-dev-unsubscribe@lists.php.net >For additional commands, e-mail: php-dev-help@lists.php.net >To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net ------end of quote------ cynic@mail.cz ------------- And the eyes of them both were opened and they saw that their files were world readable and writable, so they chmoded 600 their files. - Book of Installation chapt 3 sec 7