FreeTDS Development Group

["Frank M. Kromann" <frank AT kromann.info>]

I'm working on it and a fix should make it in before the final release of
php 5.1.

- Frank

> I posted the following as a comment to PHP bug #33693 a few minutes ago

> as the handling of maxlen for non-null input parameters hasn't been 
> fixed in PHP5.1RC1:
> 
> http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=33963
> 
> 
> The problem with invalid values of maxlen for input parameters still
> exists in 5.1RC1.
> 
> Previously these published specs were quoted:
> 
> -----------------
> maxlen
> For variable-length return parameters (when type is SQLCHAR, SQLBINARY,
> SQLTEXT, or SQLIMAGE), maxlen is the maximum desired byte length for
the
> value parameter returned from a stored procedure.
> Set maxlen to -1 in any of these cases:
> 
> For fixed-length return parameters (such as when type is SQLINT4).
> To pass a NULL fixed-length parameter value (such as when type is
> SQLINT4) to the stored procedure.
> *** For parameters that are not designated as return parameters. ***
(my
> emphasis)
> Set maxlen to 0 to pass a NULL variable-length parameter value (when
> type is SQLCHAR, SQLBINARY, SQLTEXT, or SQLIMAGE) to the stored
> procedure.
> -----------------
> 
> The specific problem is that maxlen should be set to -1 for "parameters
> that are not designated as return parameters" which is a very
roundabout
> way of saying "input parameters." As currently written mssql_bind()
sets
> maxlen = 0 for *all* parameters of variable-length type, including
input
> parameters (see lines 2033-2043).
> 
> This poses a problem with FreeTDS >= 0.63 because an error will be
> returned if invalid values of maxlen are passed to dbrpcparam().
> Previous versions of FreeTDS didn't perform much in the way of
> validation.
> 
> There were multiple problems with SP parameters in FreeTDS
> 0.63 discussed on the FreeTDS listserv around the same time. Some were
> bona fide FreeTDS bugs and were fixed; when Freddy noted "fixed in CVS"
> I think he referred to a FreeTDS bug in handling NULL value parameters,
> which was fixed in CVS for dblib/rpc.c on Aug. 8. This particular
maxlen
> problem with variable-length input parameters seems to be a bug in
> php_mssql.c, complicated by certain default settings in ADODB.
> 
> Sorry if this seems repetitive but there have been no updates in weeks
> and I was afraid earlier comments might not have been worded clearly.
> 
> ZIGLIO, Frediano, VF-IT wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Try removing 
> > 
> >   if (maxlen != -1 && maxlen != 0)
> >     return FAIL;
> > 
> > lines. However PHP is passing wrong parameters... maxlen should not
be
> > 4000 for input parameters but -1 (0 from MS specification is string
is
> > null...)
> > 
> > It would be correct to change these line in php_mssql.c (mssql_bind)
> > 
> >   if (is_output) {
> >     status=DBRPCRETURN;
> >   }
> > 
> > to
> > 
> >   if (is_output) {
> >     status=DBRPCRETURN;
> >   } else {
> >     maxlen = -1;
> >   }
> > 
> > Or change these lines
> > 
> > case 7: {
> >     zval **yyis_output, **yyis_null, **yymaxlen;
> > 
> >     if (zend_get_parameters_ex(7, &stmt, &param_name, &var, &yytype,
> > &yyis_output, &yyis_null, &yymaxlen)==FAILURE){
> >       RETURN_FALSE;
> >     }
> >     convert_to_long_ex(yytype);
> >     convert_to_long_ex(yyis_output);
> >     convert_to_long_ex(yyis_null);
> >     convert_to_long_ex(yymaxlen);
> >     type=Z_LVAL_PP(yytype);
> >     is_output=Z_LVAL_PP(yyis_output);
> >     is_null=Z_LVAL_PP(yyis_null);
> >     maxlen=Z_LVAL_PP(yymaxlen);
> >   }
> >   break;
> > 
> > with
> > 
> > case 7: {
> >     zval **yyis_output, **yyis_null, **yymaxlen;
> > 
> >     if (zend_get_parameters_ex(7, &stmt, &param_name, &var, &yytype,
> > &yyis_output, &yyis_null, &yymaxlen)==FAILURE) {
> >       RETURN_FALSE;
> >     }
> >     convert_to_long_ex(yytype);
> >     convert_to_long_ex(yyis_output);
> >     convert_to_long_ex(yyis_null);
> >     convert_to_long_ex(yymaxlen);
> >     type=Z_LVAL_PP(yytype);
> >     is_output=Z_LVAL_PP(yyis_output);
> >     is_null=Z_LVAL_PP(yyis_null);
> >     maxlen=Z_LVAL_PP(yymaxlen);
> >     if (!is_output)
> >       maxlen = -1;
> >   }
> >   break;
> > 
> > freddy77
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