Re: Getting arrays from a result set?

why not insert multiple records instead, serialized for order?

On Sun, 27 Aug 2000, Louis Bertrand wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am trying to save an array of strings in a column, but I can't figure
> out how to retrieve it from within PHP3. What I'm hoping to accomplish is
> to store a sequence of update SQL statements resulting from a posted form,
> then output a Confirm (Yes/No) form. If the user clicks Yes, I retrieve
> the SQL statements from the session table and execute them in a
> transaction.
>
> I added the column:
>  alter table sessions add column pending varchar(240)[];
>
> db=> \d sessions
> | pending    | varchar[]  | var |
>
> I insert the strings with:
>  db=> update sessions set pending = '{ \'blah\', \'blorg\'}' where
>  sessionid = 'f38ca9c5f28fd13bd9619b13b5d8f2fc';
>  UPDATE 1
>
> Then the select:
>  db=> select pending from sessions where sessionid =
>  'f38ca9c5f28fd13bd9619b13b5d8f2fc';
>  {" 'blah'","'blorg'"}
>  (1 row)
>
> Then I do the following PHP code:
>  $selectsql = "SELECT pending"
>              ." FROM sessions WHERE"
>              ." sessionid = '$SessionID'";
>  $result = @pg_Exec( $conn, $selectsql);
>  if( $result && ( pg_NumRows($result) > 0)) {
>      $transactions = pg_Result( $result, 0, "pending");
>      echo "<br>pending=" . $transactions;
>  }
>  else {
>      echo "<br>No transactions";
>  }            }
>
> This is what I get:
>  pending={" 'blah'","'blorg'"}
>
> I suppose I can always tokenize and parse the string, but I'm hoping there
> is a classier way around this. I'm afraid of using temporary tables
> because I don't want them cluttering the database when users abandon their
> sessions.
>
> Using PHP3.0.16 and PostgreSQL 6.5.2 on OpenBSD (no, I haven't had time to
> upgrade yet).
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Thanks
>  --Louis  <louis@bertrandtech.on.ca>
>
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