What is the semantics of passing a NULL mysql connection to mysql_real_connect()? Does it create a new handler? This is the only possible interpretation of the result value as documented. However it is also (abundantly) documented that the handle must be created with mysql_init(). So what stands? (I transcribe below the relevant part of the manual. The last sentence of the excerpt is the crux of the problem.)
This is not a pressing issue, just one of correctness. I find it a bit surprising that such an inconsistency, or incompletness, still exists in the documentation of such a very important part of mysql as the only API means of making connections. << 8.4.3.171 mysql_real_connect() . . . The first parameter should be the address of an existing MYSQL structure. Before calling mysql_real_connect() you must call mysql_init() to initialize the MYSQL structure. . . . 8.4.3.173 Return Values A MYSQL* connection handle if the connection was successful, NULL if the connection was unsuccessful. For a successful connection, the return value is the same as the value of the first parameter, unless you pass NULL for that parameter. >> (http://www.mysql.com/documentation/mysql/bychapter/manual_toc.html) -- , M A R I O data miner, LIACC, room 221 tel 351+226078830, ext 121 A M A D O Rua Campo Alegre, 823 fax 351+226003654 A L V E S P-4150-180 PORTO, Portugal mob 351+939354002 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
