ID: 42414 User updated by: jhml at gmx dot net -Summary: odbc_columns() function incompatible with Oracle ODBC driver Reported By: jhml at gmx dot net Status: Open Bug Type: ODBC related Operating System: Linux PHP Version: 5.2.3 New Comment:
Argh. Same problem with odbc_primarykeys(). Will examine the other functions also and create a new patch... Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2007-08-24 16:27:08] jhml at gmx dot net Tested with MyODBC as well, no problems! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2007-08-24 13:38:16] jhml at gmx dot net I've tested IBM DB2 (iSeries ODBC driver from IBM), MS SQL (FreeTDS), Sybase (FreeTDS) and Oracle (native ODBC driver from Oracle). Moreover, NULL is also already passed when odbc_columns() is called with only one parameter. The patch may appear ugly but it's the same style as the Access workaround. IMHO it would be cleaner to allow passing a PHP-null to actually become a C-NULL, i.e. not forcing the String cast for null values, but that would be much more intrusive! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2007-08-24 13:15:14] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Are you sure it doesn't break the other possible drivers..? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2007-08-24 13:13:42] jhml at gmx dot net Proposed patch: --- php-5.2.3/ext/odbc/php_odbc.c 2007-03-13 01:04:38.000000000 +0100 +++ php-5.2.3-fix_odbc_columns/ext/odbc/php_odbc.c 2007-08-24 14:57:41.000000000 +0200 @@ -2947,6 +2947,11 @@ */ if (table && strlen(table) && schema && !strlen(schema)) schema = NULL; + /* + * Needed to make Oracle happy (Johann Hanne) + */ + if (cat && !strlen(cat)) cat = NULL; + rc = SQLColumns(result->stmt, cat, cat_len, schema, schema_len, ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2007-08-24 13:11:23] jhml at gmx dot net Description: ------------ The Oracle ODBC driver expects NULL as the second parameter to the SQLColumns() C function, otherwise, it will throw an error. With PHP 5.2.3 it's not possibly to specify NULL, though. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=42414&edit=1