Docs for page DataUpdate.php

Description

Some functions and a base class to help with updating records.

This subpackage provides some functions that are useful around single record database activities such as insert and update.

Classes

Class	Description
DBRecord	A Base class to use for records which will be read/written from the database.

Includes

require_once ("AWLUtilities.php") (line 14)

require_once ("PgQuery.php") (line 198)

Since we are going to actually read/write from the database.

Functions

get_fields (line 28)

Get the names of the fields for a particular table

array get_fields (string $tablename)

sql_from_object (line 58)

Build SQL INSERT/UPDATE statement from an associative array of fieldnames => values.

return: An SQL Update or Insert statement with all fields/values from the array.

string sql_from_object (array $obj, string $type, string $tablename, string $where, [string $fprefix = ""])

array $obj: The object of fieldnames => values.
string $type: The word "update" or something else (which implies "insert").
string $tablename: The name of the table being updated.
string $where: What the "WHERE ..." clause needs to be for an UPDATE statement.
string $fprefix: An optional string which all fieldnames in $assoc are prefixed with.

sql_from_post (line 134)

Build SQL INSERT/UPDATE statement from the $_POST associative array

return: An SQL Update or Insert statement with all fields/values from the array.

string sql_from_post (string $type, string $tablename, string $where, [string $fprefix = ""])

string $type: The word "update" or something else (which implies "insert").
string $tablename: The name of the table being updated.
string $where: What the "WHERE ..." clause needs to be for an UPDATE statement.
string $fprefix: An optional string which all fieldnames in $assoc are prefixed with.

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