Tim Bunce wrote: > On Tue, Sep 10, 2002 at 01:49:35PM +0200, Roger Perttu wrote: >>Tim Bunce wrote: >>>It has to as it's the "standard" way to check. The DBI docs specifically >>>say "Non-C<SELECT> statements will have C<NUM_OF_FIELDS == 0>." > >>The pod is a bit unclear about NUM_OF_FIELDS. I know that it returns >>something > 0 for stored procedures containing select-statements. But I >>know this by testing not by reading the pod. >> > > That's very database/driver-specific (Sybase and MSSQL only as far > as I know) and the whole issue of how such cases should be handled > by the DBI is currently mostly undefined.
And Informix - if the stored procedure returns values, it is treated as equivalent to a SELECT statement. > All add a mention of the issue to the docs. Thanks. Done an aeon ago... -- Jonathan Leffler ([EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]) #include <disclaimer.h> Guardian of DBD::Informix 1.00.PC2 -- http://dbi.perl.org/
