ID:               13931
 Updated by:       [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Reported By:      [EMAIL PROTECTED]
-Status:           Open
+Status:           Bogus
 Bug Type:         ODBC related
 Operating System: Windows NT4 SP6a
 PHP Version:      4.0.6
 New Comment:

The version of PHP that this bug was reported in is too old. Please
try to reproduce this bug in the latest version of PHP (available
from http://www.php.net/downloads.php

If you are still able to reproduce the bug with one of the latest
versions of PHP, please change the PHP version on this bug report
to the version you tested and change the status back to "Open".




Previous Comments:
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[2001-11-06 03:26:51] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Also, i have seen a similar error if i reference a field which has a
relationship with a primary key in another table -  something like
projects.userid, which is in the users table - but don't get any fields
from that related table.

consider this:
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SELECT projects.proj_num, projects.status, clients.name,
projects.user_id 
FROM projects 
INNER JOIN clients ON projects.clientID=clients.clientID
WHERE projects.proj_status='Open';

The ODBC error is 'AMBIGUOUS COLUMN NAME user_id'

This must defenately be a bug, because user_id is only referenced once
in the query, with source table 'projects'.

I must add that there is also a field 'user_id' in the 'clients' table,
but i am not querying that field. 
Also, there is no relationship between the 'clients.user_id' and the
'projects.user_id'. They are related to the users table, so i can set
the 'owner' of a client or project.

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[2001-11-05 11:19:53] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

oops...missed a ')' in my code here at the end of the 'do' loop. I have
got this right in my original code ;)

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[2001-11-05 06:57:41] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

I am using the pre-compiled version of PHP 4.06 on Win32. The web
server is IIS-4 on WinNT with Option Pack and the database is MS
SQL-Server 6.5. Connection is made via ODBC using a system DSN. I am
using the latest MDAC(2.6) and JET(4) drivers on this DSN.

What i want to do is the following:
* the user creates a query (by form) that results in 1 or more projects
being retrieved.
* if more than 1 projects are found i want to display a shortlist of
projects. The user should be able to sort the result on all displayed
columns.
When a project is selected, the form submits and retrieves the details
for that project. The project is retrieved using the primary key in the
WHERE clause and there is no ORDER BY clause:
$qry="SELECT projects.proj_num, projects.status, clients.name FROM 
projects INNER JOIN clients ON projects.clientID=clients.clientID
WHERE projects.proj_num=12345";
* if one project is found, the form should display the project details.


projects.proj_num and clients.clientID are the table's primary key.

The code I am running is basically this:

$qry="SELECT projects.proj_num, projects.status, clients.name FROM 
projects INNER JOIN clients ON projects.clientID=clients.clientID
WHERE projects.proj_status='Open'";

$conID=ODBC_PCONNECT(DSN,USER,PASSWORD);
$res  =ODBC_DO($conID,$qry);
$rowCnt=0;
while(odbc_fetch_row($res)) {
  $rowCnt=$rowCnt+1;
}
odbc_fetch_row($res,1)
if($rowCnt==1) {
  //display the detailed info function here
  //because we only have found one project.
} else {
  do {
    //this section displays a list of found projects
    //display some fields using odbc_result() here.
  } while(odbc_fetch_row($res);
}

situation 1:
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Using the default cursor by specifying 
ODBC_PCONNECT(DSN,USER,PASSWORD) and then performing the query by i get
a result set which i can display.
Then a user selects a column to sort and the query gets the following
addition (example):

" ORDER BY clients.name ASC"

The form is submitted using the POST method. Trying to sort on a
different column than the primary key returns only the last row, if
more than one project is found. The query has only changed in that an
ORDER BY clause has been added.
I understand this behaviour is due to the driver not supporting row
numbers in ODBC_RESULT(), even though it does work from MS-Access or
the MS-Query.

In short, i can get one or more projects, but cannot sort on any column
except the primary key.

situation 2:
------------
In this situation i have changed the connection by specifying it to use
an ODBC cursor:

$conID=ODBC_PCONNECT(DSN,USER,PASSWORD,SQL_CUR_USE_ODBC);

Now i can sort through the list to my heart's content, but when a
project is selected it does not work. 
I get the following error from SQL in this situation:
"AMBIGUOUS COLUMN NAME clientID".

I don't understand how this can happen as i have specified which fields
it should retrieve from each table. Also, i do not get this error using
any other software.

I have made a workaround by querying twice using the default
CURSOR-type from situation 1 and storing the results in seperate
variables. I don't really want to do this due to wasted resources, so
please get it fixed, or re-educate me ;)

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