note 71616 added to function.odbc-prepare

Is it just me or is the code above misleading? It makes it look like odbc_execute() returns a resource suitable, say, for passing to one of the odbc_fetch_* functions. In fact, odbc_execute() returns a boolean, which simply indicates success (TRUE) or failure (FALSE). The variable to pass to odbc_fetch_* is the same one that you pass to odbc_execute(): <?php $res = odbc_prepare($db_conn, $query_string); if(!$res) die("could not prepare statement ".$query_string); if(odbc_execute($res, $parameters)) { $row = odbc_fetch_array($res); } else { // handle error } ?> ---- Server IP: 216.194.113.175 Probable Submitter: 71.130.64.166 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.odbc-prepare.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/71616 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/71616/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/71616/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/71616/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/71616/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/71616/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/71616/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/71616 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/71616 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php