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List:       php-db
Subject:    Re: [PHP-DB] return # of rows
From:       Andreas Karajannis <Andreas.Karajannis () gmd ! de>
Date:       2000-06-29 7:09:01
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Chuck Barnett wrote:

> According to the PHP online manual,
> the odbc_do() returns string rather than int
> while odbc_exec() returns an int.
> 
This is a doc bug, will fix it.

Odbc_do() is simply a synonym for odbc_exec(), both return an int. 

Odbc_num_rows() returns the number of rows affected by an update or
insert command.
Very few drivers (Adabas being the only I know) also return the number
of rows in a result set.

-Andreas

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