Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=52658&edit=1
ID: 52658
Updated by: ras...@php.net
Reported by: cyoung at gcs dot neric dot org
Summary: odbc_fetch_row doesn't fetch memo field
Status: Open
Type: Bug
Package: ODBC related
Operating System: Windows Sever 2008
PHP Version: 5.3.3
Block user comment: N
Private report: N
New Comment:
If MS was actually dominant this bug would have been fixed. Only half-serious
with that statement. ODBC gets very little use and thus very little attention.
It
is a fringe extension. A minor bug in a fringe extension can go unfixed for a
very long time unless someone comes along and contributes a clean patch for it.
You need to understand that Open Source isn't simply a new vendor that replaces
your old proprietary software vendor. Open Source is a collaborative effort of
interested parties. Sitting on the sidelines yelling aimlessly has absolutely
no
effect in this scenario.
Previous Comments:
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[2012-02-15 10:34:51] phil at mair dot com
This is unbelievable - Open Source is trying to dislodge MS from it's dominant
role. You can't seriously expect to succeed in this objective if a MAJOR BUG
...
and this is major to anyone trying to develop and support cross-platform
applications ... like this is still "Status Open" and relying on patches 18
months
after it was first flagged !!
Get real people !
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[2010-08-22 19:47:34] cyoung at gcs dot neric dot org
I was able to find a way to fix this "problem" I was having when using
odbc_fetch_row with memo fields. When I connected to the database I used the
optional cursor_type parameter.
$cnx = odbc_connect('$databaseName', 'user', 'pass', SQL_CUR_USE_ODBC);
This seemed to allow odbc_fetch_row to retrieve the memo field successfully. I
was getting the error below before inserting the cursor type into odbc_connect.
PHP Warning: odbc_result() [<a
href='function.odbc-result'>function.odbc-result</a>]: SQL error:
[Microsoft][ODBC Microsoft Access Driver]Invalid cursor position; no keyset
defined , SQL state S1109 in SQLGetData
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[2010-08-20 17:38:42] cyoung at gcs dot neric dot org
Description:
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odbc_fetch_row doesn't retrieve a memo field from MS access db. It does
however retrieve all the other fields in the same row successfully. Without
the use of odbc_fetch_row, odbc_result retrieves the memo field exactly as
expected. This obviously poses a problem only when trying to retrieve more
than one row in a database, which is usually the case more than not.
Test script:
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while(odbc_fetch_row($result)) {
$newsID = odbc_result($result, "newsID");
$newsTitle = odbc_result($result, "newsTitle");
$titleLink = odbc_result($result, "titleLink");
$brief = trim(odbc_result($result, "brief"));
$link = $titleLink.$newsID;
$newsBrief = substr($brief, 0, 75);
echo "<div id=\"newsLink\" class=\"newsTitle\"><a href=\"$link\"
onclick=\"window.open('$link', 'GCSNews', 'width=500, height=400, menubar=no,
toolbar=no, resizable=no, top=100, left=200'); return
false;\">$newsTitle</a></div>";
echo "<div class=\"newsBrief\">$newsBrief...</div>";
}
Expected result:
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I expected the memo field "brief" to be fetched, trimmed, and then a substring
of the first 75 characters to be stored in $newBrief and print out followed by
...
Actual result:
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...
when trouble shooting, just echoing $brief showed nothing in the browser.
$brief is an empty string when used in conjunction with odbc_fetch_row.
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