Sequences for DB:MySQL

From: Date: Fri, 02 May 2003 00:04:46 +0000
Subject: Sequences for DB:MySQL
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Hi there, I have just noticed an inconsistency between MySQL and PostgreSQL DB objects when you are creating sequences. When you call createSequence() with MySQL it set's the value to 1, so when you make your first call with nextId() a 2 is returned. When you call createSequence() with Postgre and then call nextId() a 1 is returned, which is what I would expect. I can't test what the other databases do, but by looking at nextId() fn in the other DB classes that are using tables to emulate sequences (ie mssql, fbsql and odbc) createSequence() appears to initialise the value to zero because these fns repeat in the do..while loop after creating the sequence. I have attached a patch to the DB/mysql.php that fixes this issue in createSequence() and alters nextId() to perform the same repeat that the other classes do - please tell me what you think. BTW - if you are wondering why I need to call createSequence() rather than just using the on demand feature of nextId() it has to do with Postgre, transactions and a failed NEXTVAL() call - see the points raised in this bug report, http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=22761 cheers BCR

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