Re: DB/mssql.php small glitch

Hi, I think the problem here is the Sybase extension using mssql_* aliases for the sybase_* functions. I think that is very confusing. It causes people to think they are using the MSSQL extension. They even look for documentation and report errors under mssql even though the compiled php using --with-sybase... - Frank > Maybe if yould have a quick hack which checks for the PHP_OS or PEAR_OS and > acts accordingly > > >>It´s stated everywhere in the PHP docs that when you´re on Linux, you > >>can use the Sybase extension to have access to PHP´s mssql_* functions. > >>What the manual doesn´t say is that not all of the mssql-functions are > >>available this way - mssql_fetch_assoc() is one of them. Try to call > >>it on Linux where PHP was compiled using --with-sybase. Result: "Call > >>to undefined function". > Maybe if yould have a quick hack which checks for the PHP_OS or PEAR_OS and > acts accordingly > > >>So IF this change is really made, we´d better make sure that there´s a > >>huge warning sign in the PEAR::DB manual, stating that you should use > >>"sybase" in your DSN if you´re trying to connect to an MSSQL server > >>from a Linux box. > This might sound stuipid but is there a way to have db types aliases, for > example say if running linux the mssql driver would acctually load and use > the sybase driver. Ok maybe it is a stuipid thought but I thought to share > it. > > > >>I´ve had a lot of trouble the last few weeks trying to find out why > >>the tableInfo() method wasn´t working on my Linux box, while it was > >>working very well on Windows. I never found any clue in the docs, so I > >>thought it must actually be my system that´s f...ed up. After a while, > >>I found out that the functions that tableInfo() uses in DB´s MSSQL > >>driver are only supported by the original MSSQL extension under > Sorry to hear that maybe you should try metabase > ... > ... > hehe just kiddin > > Yavor > > > > -- > PEAR Development Mailing List (http://pear.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >