> file: $CPAN/authors/id/T/TI/TIMB/DBI-1.29.tar.gz > size: 256485 bytes > md5: 1811579779bf790e7db5879d302bf4f6 > >=head2 Changes in DBI 1.29, 15th July 2002 > > NOTE: This release changes the specified behaviour for the > : fetchrow_array method when called in a scalar context:
By implication, this change also affects selectrow_array()? Just checking. > : The DBI spec used to say that it would return the FIRST field. > : Which field it returns (i.e., the first or the last) is now undefined. > : This does not affect statements that only select one column, which is > : usually the case when fetchrow_array is called in a scalar context. > : FYI, this change was triggered by discovering that the fetchrow_array > : implementation in Driver.xst (used by most compiled drivers) > : didn't match the DBI specification. Rather than change the code > : to match, and risk breaking existing applications, I've changed the > : specification (that part was always of dubious value anyway).
