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libdbi NEWS file
================ $Id: NEWS,v 1.3 2005/08/25 20:22:29 mhoenicka Exp $ _______________________________________________ libdbi 0.8.0 (the "When I come around" release) Major internal fixes. Remember that the integer type changes are mostly silent on 32bit platforms, but you should check in detail. The changes in the return codes of some functions require particular attention. - Functions that return string sizes or accept string sizes as an argument now use size_t throughout. Affected functions are: dbi_driver_quote_string() dbi_driver_quote_string_copy() dbi_conn_query_null() dbi_result_get_field_length() dbi_result_get_field_length_idx() dbi_result_get_field_size() dbi_result_get_field_size_idx() as well as the new dbi_conn_quote_* functions - Functions that deal with field indexes or field counts now use unsigned int throughout. Affected functions are: dbi_result_get_field_idx() dbi_result_get_field_name() dbi_result_get_numfields() dbi_result_get_field_type_idx() dbi_result_get_field_attrib_idx() dbi_result_get_field_attribs_idx() dbi_result_field_is_null_idx() dbi_result_get_fields() dbi_result_bind_fields() dbi_result_get_char_idx() dbi_result_get_uchar_idx() dbi_result_get_short_idx() dbi_result_get_ushort_idx() dbi_result_get_long_idx() dbi_result_get_int_idx() dbi_result_get_uint_idx() dbi_result_get_ulong_idx() dbi_result_get_longlong_idx() dbi_result_get_ulonglong_idx() dbi_result_get_float_idx() dbi_result_get_double_idx() dbi_result_get_string_idx() dbi_result_get_binary_idx() dbi_result_get_string_copy_idx() dbi_result_get_binary_copy_idx() dbi_result_get_datetime_idx() - Functions that get or bind 4-byte integers were renamed and their return type was changed from long to int, because long is an 8byte value on 64bit platforms. The old versions are still around, but they also use int as the return type. long dbi_result_get_long() -> int dbi_result_get_int() long dbi_result_get_ulong() -> int dbi_result_get_uint() long dbi_result_get_long_idx() -> int dbi_result_get_int_idx() long dbi_result_get_ulong_idx() -> int dbi_result_get_uint_idx() dbi_result_bind_long() -> dbi_result_bind_int() dbi_result_bind_ulong() -> dbi_result_bind_uint() - Field attributes are now implemented using unsigned int instead of unsigned long. Functions that deal with attributes were adapted accordingly: dbi_result_get_field_attrib() dbi_result_get_field_attrib_idx() dbi_result_get_field_attribs() dbi_result_get_field_attribs_idx() - The return values in case of an error were changed in the following functions: dbi_result_get_field_length(): DBI_LENGTH_ERROR instead of 0 dbi_driver_quote_string(), dbi_driver_quote_string_copy(): 0 instead of -1 dbi_result_seek_row(): 0 instead of (0 or -1) dbi_result_get_numrows(): DBI_ROW_ERROR instead of 0 dbi_result_get_field_length(), dbi_result_get_field_length_idx(), dbi_result_get_field_size(), dbi_result_get_field_size_idx(): DBI_LENGTH_ERROR instead of 0 dbi_result_get_field_type(),dbi_result_get_field_type_idx(): DBI_TYPE_ERROR instead of 0 (the same numerical value!) dbi_result_get_field_attrib(), dbi_result_get_field_attrib_idx(), dbi_result_get_field_attribs(), dbi_result_get_field_attribs_idx(): DBI_ATTRIBUTE_ERROR instead of 0 dbi_result_field_is_null(), dbi_result_field_is_null_idx(): DBI_FIELD_FLAG_ERROR instead of 0 dbi_result_bind_fields(): DBI_FIELD_ERROR instead of -1 dbi_result_bind_*(): DBI_BIND_ERROR instead of -1 (same numerical value!) - New functions were added to improve the support for character encodings: dbi_conn_quote_string() dbi_conn_quote_string_copy() dbi_driver_encoding_to_iana() dbi_driver_encoding_from_iana() - A new function was added to improve support for binary strings: dbi_conn_quote_binary_copy() - Two functions were added to retrieve the version number of the database engine: dbi_conn_get_engine_version() dbi_conn_get_engine_version_string() - The following functions were labelled "deprecated". They are still implemented in the current version, but you should use their replacements as these functions are likely to be dropped in a future release: dbi_result_get_field_size() -> dbi_result_get_field_length() dbi_result_get_field_size_idx() -> dbi_result_get_field_length_idx() dbi_result_get_long() -> dbi_result_get_int() dbi_result_get_ulong() -> dbi_result_get_uint() dbi_result_get_long_idx() -> dbi_result_get_int_idx() dbi_result_get_ulong_idx() -> dbi_result_get_uint_idx() dbi_result_bind_long() -> dbi_result_bind_int() dbi_result_bind_ulong() -> dbi_result_bind_uint() |