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Bug #14922 OCIBindByName forcing length to 1, even though 0 is a valid length
Submitted: 2002-01-07 18:37 UTC Modified: 2002-01-08 14:54 UTC
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From: alester at flr dot follett dot com Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: OCI8 related
PHP Version: 4.1.0 OS: Solaris
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 [2002-01-07 18:37 UTC] alester at flr dot follett dot com
It seems that the when oci8.c forces value_sz to 1 if it's 0 is bypassing a perfectly valid use of a length of 0: To signify a null.  

See:  http://download-west.oracle.com/otndoc/oracle9i/901_doc/appdev.901/a89857/oci03typ.htm

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 [2002-01-08 14:27 UTC] alester at flr dot follett dot com
Thies sent this to me:

    to pass a null thru a bound variable simply assign the
    special value NULL to the bound php-variable. the size
    supplied to ocibindbyname is simple the max-length of the
    inbound variable.

    ocibindbyname($stmt,"NAME",$name,32);
    $name = NULL;
    ociexecute($stmt);

    -> ":NAME" will have the value null in the query 

    please verify and close the report.

It seems incorrect to me to tweak a value that the underlying API expects to be able to handle.

Also, this handling of NULL should be documented in the OCIBindByName doc.
 [2002-01-08 14:54 UTC] thies@php.net
i'm pretty sure that the "If the value_sz parameter is zero, Oracle treats the bind variable as a null" is a 
new feature > 8.0. the "old" way is to set the indicator to -1 in the bind-in callback, which is what the 
oci8.c does.

i also believe that it makes way more sense to make the decision in the ociexecute (by looking at the actual 
php-variable) and not during bind for various reasons (think of mass inserts using bound variables).


BTW: you are welcome to contribute the documentation for NULL binds.


 
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