#42544 [NoF->Opn]: mssql_select_db changes all open connections OR new_link boolean doesn't work

ID: 42544 User updated by: walter at wjd dot nu Reported By: walter at wjd dot nu -Status: No Feedback +Status: Open Bug Type: Documentation problem Operating System: linux/debian, linux/ubuntu PHP Version: 4.4.7 New Comment: How is that no feedback? Did I forget to tick a box? Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2008-11-18 01:00:01] doc-bugs at lists dot php dot net No feedback was provided for this bug for over a week, so it is being suspended automatically. If you are able to provide the information that was originally requested, please do so and change the status of the bug back to "Open". ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2008-11-11 22:11:29] walter at wjd dot nu I'm sorry. I didn't think my comments left that much room for interpretation. I'll go very very slow: 1) noob user installs php and sybase_ct (because his package manager tells him that that's the way to connect to MS-SQL databases) 2) noob user looks for mssql functions 3) noob user finds mssql_* functions that seem to work, except for the mssql_connect function's fourth parameter which looks like its broken. 4) but wait, it is not broken. noob user is looking in the wrong place. I don't know who came up with the FALIAS'ing of mssql_* to sybase_* in the sybase_ct module. But the fact that the mssql_* functions do not do what they advertise means that (1) either sybase_ct is broken because it implements documented functionality in the wrong way or that (2) the documentation is wrong. The simplest fix is a big red warning sign on the mssql_connect page that says: """Hey noob! If you have sybase_ct.so in your php.ini, you're should be loooking at sybase_connect.""" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2008-11-10 11:15:29] vrana@php.net Please specify what exactly should be documented. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2007-09-10 16:24:55] fmk@php.net When you use the mssql_* functions from the sybase-ct extension, you should also use the documentation for the sybase_* functions. In this case the mssql_* functions are aliases for the same functions. If you want to have all the functions documented (and implemented) for the mssql extension you should compile PHP using --with-mssql. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2007-09-05 11:25:45] walter at wjd dot nu So.. I think I've figured it out (I untarred php4-STABLE-200709041230 to have a look). It's a documentation problem and a lacking feature. I'm to be using the sybase(_ct) package (on debian and ubuntu). According to apt-cache, this is the standard package for mssql php support. This sybase module PHP_FALIAS'es mssql_connect to sybase_connect. sybase_connect does not take the 'new_link' boolean but a 'charset' string. Which leaves me with the two following problems; one documentation "bug" and one RFE: - When looking at the mssql_connect manual, I'd like to be informed that I should be looking at sybase_connect if I'm using sybase_ct.so. - I'd like a new_link boolean added to sybase_connect :) Greetings, Walter Doekes ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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/42544 -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=42544&edit=1