Re: DB_mssql fetchrow and mssql/freetds
| From: | Sterling Hughes | Date: | Mon, 04 Dec 2000 07:24:03 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: DB_mssql fetchrow and mssql/freetds | ||
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> Quoting chrisj@ctel.net:
>
> > I've been trying to use DB_mssql using PHP4.0.3pl1 and FreeTDS 0.50. What
I've
> > found is that DB::fetchRow returns an unknow error on end of result set and
> > not a false like the native function (mssql_fetchrow) or a 'NULL' like
> > DB::fetchRow for mysql. Has this been seen by others? If so, I can fix it
and
> > submit a patch, but I'm new to mssql w/freetds and want to see some
> > confirmations before fixing something that isn't really broken.
>
> I haven't seen it (no mssql experience), but it should be consistent with the
> other implementations, and NULL sounds like reasonable behavior to me...
>
It shouldn't return Null, that will cause loops like:
while (!DB::isError($row = $sth->fetchRow()))
{
print $row['somecol'];
}
to go on infinitely, which is incorrect behaviour.
-Sterling