<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <title>Selects the default database for database queries</title> </head> <body><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="function.maxdb-rpl-query-type.html">maxdb_rpl_query_type</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="function.maxdb-send-long-data.html">maxdb_send_long_data</a></div> <div class="up"><a href="ref.maxdb.html">MaxDB Functions</a></div> <div class="home"><a href="index.html">PHP Manual</a></div> </div><hr /><div id="function.maxdb-select-db" class="refentry"> <div class="refnamediv"> <h1 class="refname">maxdb_select_db</h1> <h1 class="refname">maxdb::select_db</h1> <p class="verinfo">(PECL maxdb >= 1.0)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">maxdb_select_db</span> -- <span class="refname">maxdb::select_db</span> — <span class="dc-title">Selects the default database for database queries</span></p> </div> <div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-function.maxdb-select-db-description"> <h3 class="title">Description</h3> <div class="methodsynopsis dc-description"> <span class="type">bool</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>maxdb_select_db</strong></span> ( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">resource</span> <code class="parameter">$link</code></span> , <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$dbname</code></span> )</div> <p class="para rdfs-comment"> The <span class="function"><strong>maxdb_select_db()</strong></span> function selects the default database (specified by the <em><code class="parameter">dbname</code></em> parameter) to be used when performing queries against the database connection represented by the <em><code class="parameter">link</code></em> parameter. </p> <blockquote class="note"><p><strong class="note">Note</strong>: <p class="para"> This function should only be used to change the default database for the connection. You can select the default database with 4th parameter in <span class="function"><a href="function.maxdb-connect.html" class="function">maxdb_connect()</a></span>. </p> </p></blockquote> </div> <div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.maxdb-select-db-returnvalues"> <h3 class="title">Return Values</h3> <p class="para"> Returns <strong><code>TRUE</code></strong> on success or <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> on failure. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-function.maxdb-select-db-examples"> <h3 class="title">Examples</h3> <div class="example" id="example-1310"> <p><strong>Example #1 Object oriented style</strong></p> <div class="example-contents"> <div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000"> <span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$maxdb </span><span style="color: #007700">= new </span><span style="color: #0000BB">maxdb</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"localhost"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"MONA"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"RED"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"DEMODB"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">/* check connection */<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">if (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">maxdb_connect_errno</span><span style="color: #007700">()) {<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">printf</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Connect failed: %s\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">maxdb_connect_error</span><span style="color: #007700">());<br /> exit();<br />}<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">/* return name of current default database */<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">if (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$result </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$maxdb</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">query</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"SELECT SERVERDB FROM USERS WHERE USERNAME='MONA'"</span><span style="color: #007700">)) {<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$row </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$result</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">fetch_row</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">printf</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Default database is %s.\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$row</span><span style="color: #007700">[</span><span style="color: #0000BB">0</span><span style="color: #007700">]);<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$result</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">close</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br />}<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">/* change db to non existing db */<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$maxdb</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">select_db</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"XXXXXXXX"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">/* return name of current default database */<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">if (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$result </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$maxdb</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">query</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"SELECT SERVERDB FROM USERS WHERE USERNAME='MONA'"</span><span style="color: #007700">)) {<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$row </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$result</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">fetch_row</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">printf</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Default database is %s.\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$row</span><span style="color: #007700">[</span><span style="color: #0000BB">0</span><span style="color: #007700">]);<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$result</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">close</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br />}<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$maxdb</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">close</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span> </span> </code></div> </div> </div> <div class="example" id="example-1311"> <p><strong>Example #2 Procedural style</strong></p> <div class="example-contents"> <div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000"> <span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$link </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">maxdb_connect</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"localhost"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"MONA"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"RED"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"DEMODB"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">/* check connection */<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">if (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">maxdb_connect_errno</span><span style="color: #007700">()) {<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">printf</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Connect failed: %s\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">maxdb_connect_error</span><span style="color: #007700">());<br /> exit();<br />}<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">/* return name of current default database */<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">if (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$result </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">maxdb_query</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$link</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"SELECT SERVERDB FROM USERS WHERE USERNAME='MONA'"</span><span style="color: #007700">)) {<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$row </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">maxdb_fetch_row</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$result</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">printf</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Default database is %s.\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$row</span><span style="color: #007700">[</span><span style="color: #0000BB">0</span><span style="color: #007700">]);<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">maxdb_free_result</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$result</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br />}<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">/* change db to non existing db */<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">maxdb_select_db</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$link</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"XXXXXXXX"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">/* return name of current default database */<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">if (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$result </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">maxdb_query</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$link</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"SELECT SERVERDB FROM USERS WHERE USERNAME='MONA'"</span><span style="color: #007700">)) {<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$row </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">maxdb_fetch_row</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$result</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">printf</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Default database is %s.\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$row</span><span style="color: #007700">[</span><span style="color: #0000BB">0</span><span style="color: #007700">]);<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">maxdb_free_result</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$result</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br />}<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">maxdb_close</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$link</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span> </span> </code></div> </div> </div> <p class="para">The above example will output something similar to:</p> <div class="example-contents screen"> <div class="cdata"><pre> Default database is <...>. Warning: maxdb_select_db(): -10709 Connection failed (RTE:database not running) <...> Warning: maxdb_query(): -10821 Session not connected [] <...> Warning: maxdb_close(): -10821 Session not connected [] <...> </pre></div> </div> </div> <div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-function.maxdb-select-db-seealso"> <h3 class="title">See Also</h3> <p class="para"> <ul class="simplelist"> <li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.maxdb-connect.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">maxdb_connect()</a> - Open a new connection to the MaxDB server</span></li> <li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.maxdb-real-connect.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">maxdb_real_connect()</a> - Opens a connection to a MaxDB server</span></li> </ul> </p> </div> </div><hr /><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="function.maxdb-rpl-query-type.html">maxdb_rpl_query_type</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="function.maxdb-send-long-data.html">maxdb_send_long_data</a></div> <div class="up"><a href="ref.maxdb.html">MaxDB Functions</a></div> <div class="home"><a href="index.html">PHP Manual</a></div> </div></body></html>