Re: PHP & PostgreSQL

From: "Chris Boget" <chris(at)wild(dot)net>
To: "Diogo de Oliveira Biazus" <diogo(at)ikono(dot)com(dot)br>
Cc: <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: PHP & PostgreSQL
Date: 2002-12-30 13:42:21
Message-ID: 031a01c2b009$4ab7d0f0$8c01a8c0@ENTROPY
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> In the PGSQL fetch functions, you usualy pass the row number
> as a parameter. So you can iterate through the table as many times
> as you want, just create a counter to control the iteration.

Hmm, I guess I could do it that way. I just prefer using

while( $row = pg_fetch_array()) {

> * For PGSQL, you can get the database name, the field name
> even the *host name* but you can't get the table name from a
> particular query?
> I'm afraid that's true, at least I don't know such a function.

Ok, that's what I was afraid of...

> But I advise you to try the PEAR DB extension from PHP,
> instead of using directly the database functions.

I am starting to use PEAR and will from here on out. The switch
over is a nightmare having to change all the code (and the logic).

Chris

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