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+<?php
+/***************************************************************************
+ *                                 mssql.php
+ *                            -------------------
+ *   begin                : Saturday, Feb 13, 2001
+ *   copyright            : (C) 2001 The phpBB Group
+ *   email                : support@phpbb.com
+ *
+ *   $Id$
+ *
+ ***************************************************************************/
+
+/***************************************************************************
+ *
+ *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ *   (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ ***************************************************************************/
+
+if(!defined("SQL_LAYER"))
+{
+
+define("SQL_LAYER","odbc");
+
+class sql_db
+{
+
+	var $db_connect_id;
+	var $query_result;
+	var $query_resultset;
+	var $query_numrows;
+	var $query_limit_offset;
+	var $query_limit_numrows;
+	var $query_limit_success;
+	var $next_id;
+	var $row;
+	var $row_index;
+
+	//
+	// Constructor
+	//
+	function sql_db($sqlserver, $sqluser, $sqlpassword, $database, $persistency = true)
+	{
+
+		$this->persistency = $persistency;
+		$this->user = $sqluser;
+		$this->password = $sqlpassword;
+		$this->server = $sqlserver;
+		$this->dbname = $database;
+
+		if($this->user || $this->password)
+		{
+//			$this->server = "DSN=".$this->server;
+		}
+		if($this->user)
+		{
+			$this->dsn .= ";UID=".$this->user;
+		}
+		if($this->password)
+		{
+			$this->dsn .= ";PWD=".$this->password;
+		}
+		
+		if($this->persistency)
+		{
+			$this->db_connect_id = odbc_pconnect($this->server, "", "");
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			$this->db_connect_id = odbc_connect($this->server, "", "");
+		}
+
+		if($this->db_connect_id)
+		{
+			return $this->db_connect_id;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+	//
+	// Other base methods
+	//
+	function sql_setdb($database)
+	{
+		return false;
+	}
+	function sql_close()
+	{
+		if($this->db_connect_id)
+		{
+			if($this->query_result)
+			{
+				@odbc_free_result($this->query_result);
+			}
+			$result = @odbc_close($this->db_connect_id);
+			return $result;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+
+
+	//
+	// Query method
+	//
+	function sql_query($query = "")
+	{
+		//
+		// Remove any pre-existing queries
+		//
+		unset($this->query_result);
+		unset($this->row);
+		if($query != "")
+		{
+			//
+			// Does query contain any LIMIT code?
+			// If so pull out relevant start and num_results
+			// This isn't terribly easy with MSSQL, whatever
+			// you do will potentially impact performance
+			// compared to an 'in-built' limit
+			//
+			if(eregi(" LIMIT ", $query))
+			{
+				eregi("^([a-zA-Z0-9 \*\,\'\"\+\?\.\(\)]+) LIMIT ([0-9]+)[, ]*([0-9]+)*", $query, $limits);
+	
+				$query = $limits[1];
+				if($limits[3])
+				{
+					$row_offset = $limits[2];
+					$num_rows = $limits[3];
+				}
+				else
+				{
+					$row_offset = 0;
+					$num_rows = $limits[2];
+				}
+
+//				odbc_exec("SET ROWCOUNT ".($row_offset + $num_rows));
+				$this->query_result = @odbc_query($this->db_connect_id, $query);
+//				odbc_exec("SET ROWCOUNT 0");
+
+				$this->query_limit_success[$this->query_result] = true;
+
+				$this->query_limit_offset[$this->query_result] = -1;
+				$this->query_limit_numrows[$this->query_result] = $num_rows;
+				if($this->query_result && $row_offset>0)
+				{
+					$result = @odbc_data_seek($this->query_result, $row_offset);
+					if(!$result)
+					{
+						$this->query_limit_success[$query_id] = false;
+					}
+					$this->query_limit_offset[$this->query_result] = $row_offset;
+				}
+			}
+			else if(eregi("^INSERT ", $query))
+			{
+				$this->query_result = @odbc_exec($this->db_connect_id, $query);
+
+//				$next_id_query = @odbc_exec("SELECT @@IDENTITY AS this_id");
+				$this->next_id[$this->query_result] = $this->sql_fetchfield("this_id", -1, $next_id_query);
+
+				$this->query_limit_offset[$this->query_result] = -1;
+				$this->query_limit_numrows[$this->query_result] = -1;
+			}
+			else 
+			{
+				$this->query_result = @odbc_exec($this->db_connect_id, $query);
+
+				$this->query_limit_offset[$this->query_result] = -1;
+				$this->query_limit_numrows[$this->query_result] = -1;
+			}
+
+			if($this->query_result && !eregi("^INSERT ",$query))
+			{
+				$this->result_rowset[$this->query_result] = $this->sql_fetchrowset($this->query_result);
+				$this->result_numrows[$this->query_result] = count($this->result_rowset[$this->query_result]);
+				$this->row_index[$this->query_result] = 0;
+			}
+
+			return $this->query_result;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+
+	//
+	// Other query methods
+	//
+	function sql_numrows($query_id = 0)
+	{
+		if(!$query_id)
+		{
+			$query_id = $this->query_result;
+		}
+		if($query_id)
+		{
+			if($this->query_limit_offset[$query_id] > 0)
+			{
+				$result = @odbc_num_rows($query_id) - $this->query_limit_offset[$query_id];
+			}
+			else
+			{ 
+				$result = $this->result_numrows[$query_id];
+			}
+			return $result;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+	function sql_numfields($query_id = 0)
+	{
+		if(!$query_id)
+		{
+			$query_id = $this->query_result;
+		}
+		if($query_id)
+		{
+			$result = @mssql_num_fields($query_id);
+			return $result;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+	function sql_fieldname($offset, $query_id = 0)
+	{
+		if(!$query_id)
+		{
+			$query_id = $this->query_result;
+		}
+		if($query_id)
+		{
+			$result = @mssql_field_name($query_id, $offset);
+			return $result;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+	function sql_fieldtype($offset, $query_id = 0)
+	{
+		if(!$query_id)
+		{
+			$query_id = $this->query_result;
+		}
+		if($query_id)
+		{
+			$result = @mssql_field_type($query_id, $offset);
+			return $result;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+	function sql_fetchrow($query_id = 0)
+	{
+		if(!$query_id)
+		{
+			$query_id = $this->query_result;
+		}
+		if($query_id)
+		{
+	
+			if($this->query_limit_offset[$query_id] > 0)
+			{
+				if($this->query_limit_success)
+				{
+					$this->row = @mssql_fetch_array($query_id);
+					return $this->row;
+				}
+				else
+				{
+					return false;
+				}
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				return $this->result_rowset[$query_id][$this->row_index[$query_id]];
+				$this->row_index[$query_id]++;
+			}
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+	function sql_fetchrowset($query_id = 0)
+	{
+		if(!$query_id)
+		{
+			$query_id = $this->query_result;
+		}
+		if($query_id)
+		{
+			if(!empty($this->result_rowset[$query_id])){
+				return $this->result_rowset[$query_id];
+			}
+
+			for($i = 1; $i < @odbc_num_fields($query_id)+1; $i++)
+			{
+				$this->result_field_names[] = odbc_field_name($query_id, $i);
+			}
+
+			if($this->query_limit_success[$query_id])
+			{
+			}
+			else if($this->query_limit_numrows[$query_id] == -1)
+			{
+				$i = 0;
+				while(@odbc_fetch_row($query_id))
+				{
+					for($j = 1; $j < count($this->result_field_names)+1; $j++)
+					{
+						$result[$i][$this->result_field_names[$j-1]] = odbc_result($query_id, $j);
+					}
+					$i++;
+				}
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				$result = false;
+			}
+			return $result;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+	function sql_fetchfield($field, $row = -1, $query_id)
+	{
+		if(!$query_id)
+		{
+			$query_id = $this->query_result;
+		}
+		if($query_id)
+		{
+			if($row != -1)
+			{
+				if($this->query_limit_offset[$query_id] > 0)
+				{
+					if($this->query_limit_offset[$query_id] > 0 && $this->query_limit_success)
+					{
+						$result = @mssql_result($this->query_result, ($this->query_limit_offset[$query_id] + $row), $field);
+					}
+					else
+					{
+						return false;
+					}
+				}
+				else
+				{
+					$result = @mssql_result($this->query_result, $row, $field);
+				}
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				if(empty($this->row))
+				{
+					$this->row = @mssql_fetch_array($query_id);
+					$result = $this->row[$field];
+				}
+			}
+			return $result;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+	function sql_rowseek($offset, $query_id = 0)
+	{
+		if(!$query_id)
+		{
+			$query_id = $this->query_result;
+		}
+		if($query_id)
+		{
+			if($this->query_limit_offset[$query_id] > 0)
+			{
+				$result = @mssql_data_seek($query_id, ($this->query_limit_offset[$query_id] + $rownum));
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				$result = @mssql_data_seek($query_id, $rownum);
+			}
+			return $result;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+	function sql_nextid($query_id = 0)
+	{
+		if(!$query_id)
+		{
+			$query_id = $this->query_result;
+		}
+		if($query_id)
+		{
+			return $this->next_id[$query_id]+1;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+	function sql_freeresult($query_id = 0)
+	{
+		if(!$query_id)
+		{
+			$query_id = $this->query_result;
+		}
+		if($query_id)
+		{
+			$result = @mssql_free_result($query_id);
+			return $result;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+	function sql_error($query_id = 0)
+	{
+		$result[message] = @mssql_get_last_message();
+		return $result;
+	}
+
+} // class sql_db
+
+} // if ... define
+
+?>