Two database connections

Tuesday 21 December 2004 12:41:13 am

I want to use a dedicated database for an extension so i can use the same extension in different ez sites. When i try to connect to the extension database for inserting data, the site data will not be shown. What do i do wrong or is it impossible to have 2 database connections at once.

When i use getDB the ez content won't be shown.

* * * script * * * * * * * * *

function getDB($dbname = "") {

global $arrdbaccess;
if ($dbname == "") {
$dbname = $arrdbaccess["dbname"];
}

if (mysql_select_db ( $dbname )) {
return true;
} else {
return false;
}
}

function run_thisquery($query, $strid = "") {
global $arrdbaccess, $objconn;
$dbname = $arrdbaccess["dbname"];

#voer een insert of update query uit. retourneer bij een insert het autoincrement id
openConnection($objconn);
mysql_select_db ( $dbname );
mysql_query($query);

if (($strid == "") or ($strid == "0")) {
$strid = mysql_insert_id();
}
mysql_query("COMMIT");
closeConnection($objconn);
return $strid;
}

Tuesday 15 February 2005 6:03:47 am

I think the reason why i can't make two database connections is to protect other websites. I have found a solution to work around this problem. I removed the getDB function in the module and used the global variable arrdbaccess["dbname"] in the queries (in my module classes) to contact the database correctly. for example

function functionname($var1,$var2) {
global $arrdbaccess;

$sql="SELECT field1 FROM ".$arrdbaccess['dbname'].".table WHERE field2='".$var1."' and field3='".$var2."' ";

$result = run_rentequery($sql);
return $result;
}