ID: 14922
User updated by: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reported By: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Old Status: Open
Status: Closed
Bug Type: OCI8 related
Operating System: Solaris
PHP Version: 4.1.0
New Comment:

Thies sent this to me:

    to pass a null thru a bound variable simply assign the
    special value NULL to the bound php-variable. the size
    supplied to ocibindbyname is simple the max-length of the
    inbound variable.

    ocibindbyname($stmt,"NAME",$name,32);
    $name = NULL;
    ociexecute($stmt);

    -> ":NAME" will have the value null in the query 

    please verify and close the report.

It seems incorrect to me to tweak a value that the underlying API
expects to be able to handle.

Also, this handling of NULL should be documented in the OCIBindByName
doc.

Previous Comments:
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[2002-01-07 18:37:16] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

It seems that the when oci8.c forces value_sz to 1 if it's 0 is
bypassing a perfectly valid use of a length of 0: To signify a null.  

See: 
http://download-west.oracle.com/otndoc/oracle9i/901_doc/appdev.901/a89857/oci03typ.htm

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