note 98942 modified in function.mssql-bind by danbrown

From: Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2010 18:45:44 +0000
Subject: note 98942 modified in function.mssql-bind by danbrown
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if you are experiencing difficulties binding an empty string because it is being converted to NULL by your driver try the following: <?php if($var === ''){ //stupid hack to prevent mssql driver from converting empty strings to null. now they arent empty strings but they will get trimmed down to legth 0 ;-) $var = ' '; $type = SQLVARCHAR; $isNull = false; $maxLen = 0; } mssql_bind($stmt, $param_name, $var, $type, $is_output,$isNull, $maxLen); ?> --was-- if you are experiencing difficulties binding an empty string because it is being converted to NULL by your driver try the following: if($var === ''){ //stupid hack to prevent mssql driver from converting empty strings to null. now they arent empty strings but they will get trimmed down to legth 0 ;-) $var = ' '; $type = SQLVARCHAR; $isNull = false; $maxLen = 0; } mssql_bind($stmt, $param_name, $var, $type, $is_output,$isNull, $maxLen); http://php.net/manual/en/function.mssql-bind.php

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