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+<?php
+/***************************************************************************
+ *                                 oracle.php 
+ *                            -------------------
+ *   begin                : Thrusday Feb 15, 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","oracle");
+
+class sql_db
+{
+	
+	var $db_connect_id;
+	var $query_result;
+	var $row;
+
+	
+	//
+	// Constructor
+	//
+	function sql_db($sqlserver, $sqluser, $sqlpassword, $database="", $persistency = true)
+	{
+		$this->persistency = $persistency;
+		$this->user = $sqluser;
+		$this->password = $sqlpassword;
+		$this->server = $sqlserver;
+		$this->dbname = $database;
+		
+		if($this->persistency)
+		{
+			$this->db_connect_id = OCIPLogon($this->user, $this->password, $this->server);
+		} 
+		else
+		{
+			$this->db_connect_id = OCINLogon($this->user, $this->password, $this->server);
+		}
+		if($this->db_connect_id)
+		{
+			return $this->db_connect_id;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+
+	//
+	// Other base methods
+	//
+	function sql_setdb($database)
+	{
+		// This method does not exist in Oracle.
+		return true;
+	}
+	function sql_close()
+	{
+		if($this->db_connect_id)
+		{
+			if($this->query_result)
+			{
+				OCIFreeStatement($this->query_result);
+			}
+			$result = OCILogoff($this->db_connect_id);
+			return $result;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+
+	//
+	// Base query method
+	//
+	function sql_query($query = "")
+	{
+		// Remove any pre-existing queries
+		unset($this->query_result);
+		if($query != "")
+		{
+			$this->query_result = OCIParse($this->db_connect_id, $query);
+			OCIExecute($this->query_result);
+		}
+		if($this->query_result)
+		{
+			unset($this->row[$this->query_result]);
+			unset($this->rowset[$this->query_result]);
+			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)
+		{
+			$result = OCIFetchStatement($query_id, $this->rowset);
+			// OCIFetchStatment kills our query result so we have to execute the statment again
+			// if we ever want to use the query_id again.
+			OCIExecute($query_id);
+			return $result;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+	function sql_numfields($query_id = 0)
+	{
+		if(!$query_id)
+		{
+			$query_id = $this->query_result;
+		}
+		if($query_id)
+		{
+			$result = OCINumCols($query_id);
+			return $result;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+	function sql_fieldname($offset, $query_id = 0)
+	{
+		// OCIColumnName uses a 1 based array so we have to up the offset by 1 in here to maintain
+		// full abstraction compatibitly
+		$offset += 1;
+		if(!$query_id)
+		{
+			$query_id = $this->query_result;
+		}
+		if($query_id)
+		{
+			$result = OCIColumnName($query_id, $offset);
+			return $result;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+	function sql_fieldtype($offset, $query_id = 0)
+	{
+		// This situation is the same as fieldname
+		$offset += 1;
+		if(!$query_id)
+		{
+			$query_id = $this->query_result;
+		}
+		if($query_id)
+		{
+			$result = OCIColumnType($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)
+		{
+			$result = OCIFetchInto($query_id, &$this->row[$query_id], OCI_ASSOC);
+			return $this->row[$query_id];
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+	// This function probably isn't as efficant is it could be but any other way I do it
+	// I end up losing 1 row...
+	function sql_fetchrowset($query_id = 0)
+	{
+		if(!$query_id)
+		{
+			$query_id = $this->query_result;
+		}
+		if($query_id)
+		{
+			$rows = OCIFetchStatement($query_id, $results);
+			OCIExecute($query_id);
+			for($i = 0; $i <= $rows; $i++) 
+			{
+				OCIFetchInto($query_id, $tmp_result, OCI_ASSOC+OCI_RETURN_NULLS);
+				
+				for($j = 0; $j < count($tmp_result); $j++)
+				{
+					list($key, $val) = each($tmp_result);
+					$return_arr[strtolower($key)] = $val;
+				}
+				$result[] = $return_arr;
+			}
+			return $result;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+	function sql_fetchfield($field, $rownum = -1, $query_id = 0)
+	{
+		if(!$query_id)
+		{
+			$query_id = $this->query_result;
+		}
+		if($query_id)
+		{
+			if($rownum > -1)
+			{
+				$result = @mysql_result($query_id, $rownum, $field);
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				if(empty($this->row[$query_id]) && empty($this->rowset[$query_id]))
+				{
+					if($this->sql_fetchrow())
+					{
+						$result = $this->row[$query_id][$field];
+					}
+				}
+				else
+				{
+					if($this->rowset[$query_id])
+					{
+						$result = $this->rowset[$query_id][$field];
+					}
+					else if($this->row[$query_id])
+					{
+						$result = $this->row[$query_id][$field];
+					}
+				}
+			}
+			return $result;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+	function sql_rowseek($rownum, $query_id = 0){
+		if(!$query_id)
+		{
+			$query_id = $this->query_result;
+		}
+		if($query_id)
+		{
+			$result = @mysql_data_seek($query_id, $rownum);
+			return $result;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+	function sql_nextid(){
+		if($this->db_connection_id)
+		{
+			$result = @mysql_insert_id();
+			return $result;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+	function sql_freeresult($query_id = 0){
+		if(!$query_id)
+		{
+			$query_id = $this->query_result;
+		}
+		if($query_id)
+		{
+			$result = OCIFreeStatement($query_id);
+			return $result;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+	function sql_error($query_id = 0)
+	{
+		$result["message"] = @mysql_error($this->db_connect_id);
+		$result["code"] = @mysql_errno($this->db_connect_id);
+
+		return $result;
+	}
+
+} // class sql_db
+
+} // if ... define
+
+?>