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<h1 class="refname">fbsql_db_query</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 4 >= 4.0.6, PHP 5, PHP 7)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">fbsql_db_query</span> — <span class="dc-title">Send a FrontBase query</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type">resource</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>fbsql_db_query</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$database</code></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$query</code></span>
[, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">resource</span> <code class="parameter">$link_identifier</code></span>
] )</div>
<p class="para rdfs-comment">
Selects a database and executes a query on it.
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<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
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<code class="parameter">database</code></dt>
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<p class="para">
The database to be selected.
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<code class="parameter">query</code></dt>
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<p class="para">
The SQL query to be executed.
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<blockquote class="note"><p><strong class="note">Note</strong>:
<p class="para">
The query string shall always end with a semicolon.
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<code class="parameter">
link_identifier</code></dt>
<dd>
<p class="para">A FrontBase link identifier
returned by <span class="function"><a href="function.fbsql-connect.html" class="function">fbsql_connect()</a></span> or
<span class="function"><a href="function.fbsql-pconnect.html" class="function">fbsql_pconnect()</a></span>.</p><p class="para">If optional and not specified,
the function will try to find an open link to the FrontBase server and if no
such link is found it will try to create one as if
<span class="function"><a href="function.fbsql-connect.html" class="function">fbsql_connect()</a></span> was called with no arguments.</p>
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<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
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Returns a positive FrontBase result identifier to the query result, or
<strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> on error.
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<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-function.fbsql-db-query-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
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<li class="member"><span class="function"><a href="function.fbsql-query.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">fbsql_query()</a> - Send a FrontBase query</span></li>
<li class="member"><span class="function"><a href="function.fbsql-connect.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">fbsql_connect()</a> - Open a connection to a FrontBase Server</span></li>
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