Re: DB errorNative() method

<tuupola@appelsiini.net> wrote : > On Tue, 6 Jan 2004, Daniel Convissor wrote: > >> I've run into an odd situation. mssql didn't have an errorNative() >> method. It seems most errorNative() methods return an error code from the >> backend. But, some produce an error message (sybase, pgsql). Worse, a >> couple produce a string containing both the code and the message (odbc, >> ifx). >> >> For the new mssql procedure, I'm thinking it would be best for it to >> return the numeric error code because it can, even though sybase comes >> back with a text message. > > I think the mysql driver is a good reference driver. It uses > numeric error code which also makes it easier to map native > error codes againts pear error codes. > > With some driver (such as postgres and sqlite) which natively > do not return numeric error codes you have to play around with > regexps to map error messages with pear error codes. I think sqlite returns error codes. http://fr.php.net/manual/en/function.sqlite-last-error.php Bertrand Mansion Mamasam