jimw Mon Apr 23 19:45:58 2001 EDT
Modified files:
/phpdoc/en/functions dbase.xml
Log:
remove some misleading (and unnecessary) text, and fix a few typos
Index: phpdoc/en/functions/dbase.xml
diff -u phpdoc/en/functions/dbase.xml:1.4 phpdoc/en/functions/dbase.xml:1.5
--- phpdoc/en/functions/dbase.xml:1.4 Sat Jun 24 00:38:43 2000
+++ phpdoc/en/functions/dbase.xml Mon Apr 23 19:45:58 2001
@@ -13,22 +13,18 @@
modifying the same dBase file will very likely ruin your database.
</simpara>
<simpara>
- Unlike SQL databases, dBase "databases" cannot change the database
- definition afterwards. Once the file is created, the database
- definition is fixed. There are no indexes that speed searching or
- otherwise organize your data. dBase files are simple sequential
- files of fixed length records. Records are appended to the end of
+ dBase files are simple sequential files of fixed
+ length records. Records are appended to the end of
the file and delete records are kept until you call
- <function>dbase_pack()</function>.
+ <function>dbase_pack</function>.
</simpara>
<simpara>
We recommend that you do not use dBase files as your production
database. Choose any real SQL server instead; MySQL or Postgres
are common choices with PHP. dBase support is here to allow you to
- import and export data to and from your web database, since the
- file format is commonly understood with Windows spreadsheets and
- organizers. Import and export of data is about all that dBase
- support is good for.
+ import and export data to and from your web database, because the
+ file format is commonly understood by Windows spreadsheets and
+ organizers.
</simpara>
</partintro>
@@ -190,7 +186,7 @@
<para>
Packs the specified database (permanently deleting all records
marked for deletion using
- <function>dbase_delete_record</function>.
+ <function>dbase_delete_record</function>).
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
@@ -210,7 +206,7 @@
</funcprototype>
</funcsynopsis>
<para>
- Adds the data in the <parameter>record </parameter>to the
+ Adds the data in the <parameter>record</parameter> to the
database. If the number of items in the supplied record isn't
equal to the number of fields in the database, the operation will
fail and false will be returned.
@@ -321,7 +317,7 @@
Returns the data from <parameter>record</parameter> in an
associative array. The array also includes an associative member
named 'deleted' which is set to 1 if the record has been marked
- for deletion (see <function>dbase_delete_record</function>.
+ for deletion (see <function>dbase_delete_record</function>).
</para>
<para>
Each field is converted to the appropriate PHP type. (Dates are
