#39453 [Fbk->Opn]: Misleading note in ODBC Functions (Unified)

ID: 39453 User updated by: nick dot gorham at easysoft dot com Reported By: nick dot gorham at easysoft dot com -Status: Feedback +Status: Open Bug Type: Documentation problem PHP Version: Irrelevant New Comment: I see the note on the top of the page here. http://uk.php.net/manual/en/ref.uodbc.php "we can't possible accommodate users who don't set permissions properly (and decide to rebuild PHP)." Ok, thats always your decision, but the problem I see in this case is its the note that was the reason the user "decided" to rebuild PHP, as it gave the indication that to do what he wanted to do, a rebuild was required replacing unixODBC with iODBC Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-11-11 18:08:40] sean@php.net Which note do you mean? The note I see doesn't say the same thing you indicate, but I might be just missing it. Also, while your documentation problem may be justified, we can't possible accommodate users who don't set permissions properly (and decide to rebuild PHP). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-11-09 17:14:27] nick dot gorham at easysoft dot com Description: ------------ On the Unified ODBC doc page, there is a note at the top that indicates that iODBC is the way to use ODBC via PHP. The problem with this (IMHO), is that it seems to be suggesting that iODBC is the only way. Of course unixODBC is still supported in the build, and last time I looked that was what most linux distribs came with. I have just had a user, causing himeself all sorts of problems, as he decided he needed to rebuild his copy of PHP because it was supplied built with unixODBC, and he needed to change to iODBC. That wasn't his problem at all, it was actually a permissions problem. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=39453&edit=1