php: mysql_insert_id() issues - php

Can the php function mysql_insert_id() return no result after processing the INSERT query in mysql db?
Just to clarify. There was a script performing by cron on the production site. It contained a cycle for generating invoices for users. Each iteration consists of a INSERT db query and the mysql_insert_id() operation going right after the query - to fetch the generated invoice number. A set of iterations were performed without fetching the last inserted number.
Can it be caused by high db server load or by some other reasons that are not linked to the problem at the php code site?
Any help would be appreciated!

Offhand, I can think of a few cases where MySQL wouldn't return the ID:
The table you're inserting into doesn't have an AUTO_INCREMENTed primary key.
You're inserting multiple rows at once.
You're calling mysql_insert_id() from a different connection than the INSERT query was executed.
The INSERT query didn't succeed (for instance, it encountered a deadlock). Make sure you are checking the return value from mysql_query(), then use mysql_errno() and mysql_error().
MySQL docs have a full list of conditions and details on how this function works.
Of course, it's also possible there is a bug in MySQL, which would depend on which version of MySQL you are using.

If you're running the commands through a shell script, and run them both separately as in;
mysql -e "insert into table ( field1 ) values ( 'val1' );" "database"
lastId=`mysql -e "select last_insert_id();" "database"`
Then that won't work as the second call makes a new connection to the server. You need to do something like the following, as it is all done within a single database call / connection;
lastId=`mysql -e "
insert into table ( field1 ) values ( 'val1' );
select last_insert_id();
" "database"`
You'll need to look up the extra parameters required for the MySQL command to remove formatting and header row - I'm afraid I can't remember them off the top of my head!

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T-SQL : How can I retrieve the OUTPUT from an INSERT statement with PEAR DB?

This is my first time using T-SQL
I am currently trying to get the last inserted ID from an INSERT statement in T-SQL using this query:
INSERT INTO TICKET( STATE, RECORD_DATE, ID_USER, TICKET_TYPE, TICKET_COM)
OUTPUT INSERTED.ID_TICKET AS lastId
VALUES ( 1, CONVERT(datetime, '24/02/2022 09:25:53'), 100, 1, 'It does not work')
As you've guessed, ID_TICKET is the identity, with auto_increment.
When I run this through MS SQL server management studio, I get the intended result : one row, with a unique lastId column containing the value of the last inserted id.
However on PHP, when I am running this using the query() method from PEAR database, I am running into some issue.
From reading the documentation, DB->query() will only return a resource in case of a SELECT query, while an INSERT query will just return a DB_OK type of answer: which is exactly what I am getting in PHP.
Hence my question : how can I retrieve the OUTPUT from an INSERT statement with PEAR DB?
I'd like to continue using PEAR, as I am adding functionality to an existing intranet heavily relying on it.
It is hosted on IIS 7 with SQL Server 9.0 using PHP 5.2.9 and PEAR DB 1.1.2.2.
Finally, I just did a simple INSERT by removing the OUTPUT INSERTED.ID_TICKET AS lastId line.
I then did a second query() call immediately after : SELECT ##IDENTITY as lastId and it now gives the desired results.
Pretty much what Álvaro González suggested.
Now, following Dan Guzman sugestion and adding SET NOCOUNT ON; at the beggining of my original INSERT with the OUTPUT clause indeed solved the problem !
I now get a result set with a unique row and column lastId as desired.
My hat off to both of you.

MySQL MULTIPLE INSERT get rows that fail?

I'm a beginner with PDO and MySQL, so here's my question :
How can I be sure that when performing an INSERT .. SELECT (or MULTIPLE INSERT)
all data will be inserted in database?
I know there is a rowCount() function but the number of rows inserted is dynamic.
The only way I see would be to make a SELECT count(*), and then compare it with the rowCount(), but I'm not sure I'm doing it the right way.
And if not all data were inserted, is it possible to get rows which didn't work?
Also, is it possible that a SELECT query fails and retrieves only a few part of the data? (ex : It must retrieve 1000 rows but due to some failure, it retrieves 700) Or it's all or nothing?
Thanks for the help.
How can I be sure that when performing an INSERT .. SELECT (or MULTIPLE INSERT) all data will be inserted in database?
You should tell PDO to throw an exception in case of error and thus there will be a PHP error in case of a failed query.
I know there is a rowCount() function
Row count has nothing to do in your case.
And if not all data were inserted, is it possible to get rows which didn't work?
It is advised to redo all the successful yet queries instead. To do so you have to wrap your inserts in a transaction.
However, if you want to keep alll the previous inserts in place, you may wrap execute call in a try and catch operator and do whatever workaround inside.
Also, is it possible that a SELECT query fails and retrieves only a few part of the data?
No.

what's wrong with this sql trigger statement

I am writing my first sql trigger query.So i am trying to grasp the idea of trigger statement.My plan is to--
1.insert data to a table called 'trigger_table';
2.After insertion ,fetch data from that exact same table and store it to a php variable using PDO;
So i wrote the following trigger statement.And i get this error while executing sql in mysql workbench
ERROR 1415: Not allowed to return a result set from a trigger
SQL Statement:
CREATE TRIGGER `trigger_table_AINS` AFTER INSERT ON trigger_table FOR EACH ROW
-- Edit trigger body code below this line. Do not edit lines above this one
BEGIN
SELECT * FROM trigger_table;
END
It would be a great help if anyone guide me towards the right path to accomplish my task.Thanks !
php code:
$db=new PDO("mysql:host=localhost;dbname=trigger",'root','');
$sql="INSERT INTO trigger_table (name,email) VALUES('zami','alzami#gmail.com')";
$conn=$db->prepare($sql);
if($conn->execute()){
$result=$conn->fetchAll(PDO::FETCH_OBJ);
}
Triggers are meant to react to an event to update, modify or delete content. As the error states, they aren't meant to return data.
Per the documentation:
A trigger is a named database object that is associated with a table, and that activates when a particular event occurs for the table. Some uses for triggers are to perform checks of values to be inserted into a table or to perform calculations on values involved in an update.
You may be after a Stored Routine
Stored routines (procedures and functions) are supported in MySQL 5.7. A stored routine is a set of SQL statements that can be stored in the server. Once this has been done, clients don't need to keep reissuing the individual statements but can refer to the stored routine instead.

SQL server transactions in PHP

I'm trying to grasp the idea of transactions fully. Therefore the following question... (ofcourse newbie, so don't laugh :D )
I have set up a (simplified) transaction in PHP (using the PHP SQL driver from microsoft). I want to get the rows I'm going to delete for some extra processing later:
sqlsrv_begin_transaction($conn);
$sql = "SELECT * FROM test WITH (XLOCK) WHERE a<10";
$statement = sqlsrv_query($conn,$sql);
$sql = "DELETE FROM test WHERE a<10";
sqlsrv_query($conn,$sql);
$result = get_result_array($statement);
sqlsrv_commit($conn);
$result2 = get_result_array($statement);
1) I do get the expected result in $result but an empty array in $result2. Why?
I would expect only a result in $result2 because then the transaction has actually been executed. I guess the result in $result is a sort of 'temporary' result in memory and not actually a result from the actual database.
2) It could be that between the moment the transaction was started and the actual commit, an other query from another connection has changed the rows which match (a<10)? That means that the results I'm expecting according to $result will be different from the actual changes in the database.
Or is it that (a) the transaction occurres with an in-memory copy of the database (not affected by in-between queries from other connections), or (b) the locks obtained since the beginning of the transaction are already in action for other queries from other connections?
After typing this I'm expecting answer b....?
I'm not familiar with the sqlsrv driver, but if it works anything like most other PHP DB drivers, the result of the sqlsrv_query call is not a result set in some form of array, but a PHP resource (see http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.types.resource.php). Calling get_result_array still retrieves data from that resource, in this case the database, and it does so immediately. The COMMIT only affects writes to the database, not reads, so you see your result immediately in result1. After you commit your transaction (i.e, the DELETE), the next call correctly returns an empty result set.
I tested it out with some mysql tools (which i'm more familiar with):
1. When I start a transaction and do a 'select' of one particular record I directly get the result. Then from an other connection I delete the same record (with autocommit) it is gone for that connection but for the first connection the record is still there (I did the 'select' again without committing the transaction). Only after committing the transaction of the first connection and doing the 'select' again the record is gone.
2. When I do the same but acquire an exclusive lock for the first 'select' query then the delete query of the second connection waits until the transaction of the first connection has been committed.
Conclusion: In situation (1) for the second select query of the first connection, the database IS returning a result as it was at the moment of the start of the transaction... thus WITHOUT taking into account other (write) queries running AFTER the start of the transaction. Situation (2) is exactly the answer 2b from my original question. :)

Postgresql and PHP: is the currval a efficent way to retrieve the last row inserted id, in a multiuser application?

Im wondering if the way i use to retrieve the id of the last row inserted in a postgresql table is efficent..
It works, obviously, but referencing on the serial sequence currval value could be problematic when i have many users adding rows in the same table at the same time.
My actual way is:
$pgConnection = pg_connect('host=127.0.0.1 dbname=test user=myuser password=xxxxx')or die('cant connect');
$insert = pg_query("INSERT INTO customer (name) VALUES ('blabla')");
$last_id_query = pg_query("SELECT currval('customer_id_seq')");
$last_id_results = pg_fetch_assoc($last_id_query);
print_r($last_id_results);
pg_close($pgConnection);
Well, its just a test atm.
But anyway, i can see 3 issues with this way:
Referencing on the customer_id_seq, if two user do the same thing in the same time, could happen that them both get the same id from that way... or not?
I have to know the table's sequence name. Becose pg_get_serial_sequence dont works for me (im newbie on postgresql, probably is a configuration issue)
Any suggestion/better ways?
p.s: i can't use the PDO, becose seem lack a bit with the transaction savepoint; I wont use zend and, in the end, i'll prefer to use the php pg_* functions (maybe i'll build up my classes in the end)
EDIT:
#SpliFF(thet deleted his answer): this would works better?
$pgConnection = pg_connect('host=127.0.0.1 dbname=test user=myuser password=xxxxx')or die('cant connect');
pg_query("BEGIN");
$insert = pg_query("INSERT INTO customer (name) VALUES ('blabla')");
$last_id_query = pg_query("SELECT currval('customer_id_seq')");
$last_id_results = pg_fetch_assoc($last_id_query);
print_r($last_id_results);
//do somethings with the new customer id
pg_query("COMMIT");
pg_close($pgConnection);
If you use a newer version of PostgreSQL (> 8.1) you should use the RETURNING clause of INSERT (and UPDATE) command.
OTOH if you insist on using one of the sequence manipulation functions, please read the fine manual. A pointer: "Notice that because this is returning a session-local value, it gives a predictable answer whether or not other sessions have executed nextval since the current session did."
Insert and check curval(seq) inside one transaction. Before commiting transaction you'll see curval(seq) for your query and no matter who else inserted at the same time.
Don't remember the syntax exactly - read in manual (last used pgsql about 3 years ago), but in common it looks like this:
BEGIN TRANSACTION;
INSERT ...;
SELECT curval(seq);
COMMIT;
ex. minsert into log (desc,user_id) values ('drop her mind',6) returning id

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