Bug #6294 Updated: Strange behaviour when using DB2

ID: 6294 Updated by: sander Reported By: ltning@anduin.net Old Status: Feedback Status: Closed Bug Type: ODBC related Operating System: RedHat Linux 6.2 PHP Version: 4.0.1pl2 New Comment: No feedback. Closing. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2001-11-27 05:34:54] sander@php.net Does this problem still occur with 4.0.6, the latest RC (http://download.php.net/~zeev/php-4.1.0RC3.tar.gz) or the latest CVS? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2001-04-10 13:30:32] ltning@anduin.net No, since the GENERATE_UNIQUE() function, which relies on a FOR BIT DATA field still won't work. It seems to be the FOR BIT DATA variants of the CHAR fields that PHP has problems with, and even though I haven't bumped into more situations where I need this, It sure will happen at some point - I can imagine I'll encounter the problem when we next month start to store product pictures in the database. A such field type would be convenient to use, as an alternative to xLOB fields.. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2001-04-10 09:28:41] kalowsky@php.net Please use the Bug system to respond to bugs. User Reports: No, since the GENERATE_UNIQUE() function, which relies on a FOR BIT DATA field still won't work. It seems to be the FOR BIT DATA variants of the CHAR fields that PHP has problems with, and even though I haven't bumped into more situations where I need this, It sure will happen at some point - I can imagine I'll encounter the problem when we next month start to store product pictures in the database. A such field type would be convenient to use, as an alternative to xLOB fields.. Best regards, Eirik Overby ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2001-04-09 11:11:12] kalowsky@php.net Judging by your second comment, would you consider this bug closed? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2000-08-22 11:26:07] ltning@anduin.net I have been able to narrow the problem down to the useage of the "FOR BIT DATA" modifier to the CHAR type. To use the GENERATE_UNIQUE() function in DB2, one must have a CHAR(13) FOR BIT DATA field. When working with a table with such a field, PHP seems to choke and do many strange things.. Now that I redesigned the database into just using plain CHAR(13) fields (planning to use uniqid()), everything seems to work a lot better. -Eirik ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at http://bugs.php.net/?id=6294 Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=6294&edit=1