PHP :: Request #16710 :: pg_exec to pg_query alias not mentioned in the NEWS file

Request #16710	pg_exec to pg_query alias not mentioned in the NEWS file
Submitted:	2002-04-20 05:17 UTC	Modified:	2002-04-29 20:23 UTC
From:	hs at cybertec dot at	Assigned:	yohgaki (profile)
Status:	Closed	Package:	Feature/Change Request
PHP Version:	4.2.0	OS:	every system
Private report:	No	CVE-ID:	None

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[2002-04-20 05:17 UTC] hs at cybertec dot at

I have just finished writing a book about PHP and PostgreSQL. After we have finished layouting the stuff we have seen that pg_exec has changed to pg_query for ABSOLUTELY NO USEFUL reason.
In addition to that my company has written > 1000k of PHP/PostgreSQL code in the past and we have to port ALL applications to the new name. This will be chaotic and I cannot see a reason for the change.
Was there no way of leaving the old name????? We will never ever use PHP in the future again because what we have to face is a microsoft like change destroying all books and all applications on the market.
This IS a bug for all serious companies and developers and I hope that those who are responsible for the mess will read this message.

  Best regards,
           Hans-J?rgen Sch?nig
           (a former PHP programmer and author)

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[2002-04-20 05:27 UTC] tal@php.net

Reclassified.

-Tal

[2002-04-20 05:31 UTC] sander@php.net

We decided to use pg_query() because it's more consistent with other database extensions (like mysql, which uses mysql_query())
The old function names still work and won't be removed soon.

[2002-04-20 06:23 UTC] mfischer@php.net

Reopened.

Yasou, please enter a proper NEWS entry as there's no reference about this in the NEWS file (and light this up that the old function is still available, you see people get confused about this) . . .

[2002-04-20 06:38 UTC] mfischer@php.net

FYI: The manual page about pg_query() now mentiones that pg_exec() is still available.

[2002-04-28 20:34 UTC] jimw@php.net

assigning.

[2002-04-29 20:23 UTC] yohgaki@php.net

This bug has been fixed in CVS. You can grab a snapshot of the
CVS version at http://snaps.php.net/

NEWS entry has been added. It listed as 4.2.0 change.

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