cvs: phpdoc /en/reference/mssql/functions mssql-field-length.xml

abies Tue Sep 16 05:55:02 2003 EDT Modified files: /phpdoc/en/reference/mssql/functions mssql-field-length.xml Log: Add note about max VARCHAR length on Win32 Index: phpdoc/en/reference/mssql/functions/mssql-field-length.xml diff -u phpdoc/en/reference/mssql/functions/mssql-field-length.xml:1.3 phpdoc/en/reference/mssql/functions/mssql-field-length.xml:1.4 --- phpdoc/en/reference/mssql/functions/mssql-field-length.xml:1.3 Thu Jul 3 08:38:23 2003 +++ phpdoc/en/reference/mssql/functions/mssql-field-length.xml Tue Sep 16 05:55:02 2003 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> -<!-- $Revision: 1.3 $ --> +<!-- $Revision: 1.4 $ --> <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/mssql.xml, last change in rev 1.3 --> <refentry id="function.mssql-field-length"> <refnamediv> @@ -13,9 +13,19 @@ <methodparam><type>resource</type><parameter>result</parameter></methodparam> <methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter>offset</parameter></methodparam> </methodsynopsis> - - &warn.undocumented.func; - + <para> + This function returns the length of field no. <parameter>offset</parameter> in + result <parameter>result</parameter>. If <parameter>offset</parameter> is omitted, + the current field is used. + </para> + <note> + <title>Note to Win32 Users</title> + <simpara> + Due to a limitation in the underlying API used by PHP (MS DbLib C API), + the length of VARCHAR fields is limited to <emphasis>255</emphasis>. If + you need to store more data, use a TEXT field instead. + </simpara> + </note> </refsect1> </refentry>