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Bug #23188 CDB databases created with "c" mode do not work.
Submitted: 2003-04-13 15:09 UTC Modified: 2003-04-14 16:57 UTC
From: rhondle at hotmail dot com Assigned: helly (profile)
Status: Closed Package: DBM/DBA related
PHP Version: 4.3.0 OS: ANY
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2003-04-13 15:09 UTC] rhondle at hotmail dot com 
The docs indicate that either the 'c' or 'n' modes can be used to create a dba database. When creating a CDB database, the 'n' mode produces a functional database, while the 'c' mode does not. No errors are reported; the database just does not work.

The database created using 'c' doesn't work:
<?php
$id = dba_open ("test.db", "c", "cdb_make");
dba_insert("test","12345",$id);
dba_close ($id);
?>

This will create a working database:
<?php
$id = dba_open ("test.db", "n", "cdb_make");
if (!$id) exit("dba_open failed\n");
dba_insert("test","12345",$id);
dba_close ($id);
?>

tested with:
<?php
$id = dba_open ("test.db", "r", "cdb");
if (!$id) exit("dba_open failed\n");
if (dba_exists("test", $id))
        print dba_fetch("test", $id);
else
        print "Key not found!!\n";
dba_close ($id);
?>

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 [2003-04-13 15:20 UTC] helly@php.net 
Check again:
"c" should return NULL in case an error happend and you don not check for that.
 [2003-04-13 15:40 UTC] rhondle at hotmail dot com 
dba_open does not return null, implying success. In fact, it *technically* does succeed; it's just that the resulting file is corrupt in some way.

<?php
$id = dba_open ("test.db", "c", "cdb_make");
if (!$id) exit("dba_open failed\n");
dba_insert("test","12345",$id);
dba_close ($id);
?>
 [2003-04-14 16:57 UTC] helly@php.net 
This bug has been fixed in CVS.

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Thank you for the report, and for helping us make PHP better.

CDB_MAKE can handle only NEW and READ. Therefore allowing
"C" was an error. Thanks for the mail and time.
 [2003-11-07 06:30 UTC] lx-box at gmx dot de 
Creating a db with mode "c" works for me but an existing db is cleared! 

Manual says it is not cleared with "c"...

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