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<h2>Demo 5 - Select a count from a table</H2>
<?php
/*********************************************************************/
function chk_ifx_err1($result_id)
/*********************************************************************/
{
/**************************************************
The ifx_error function return the following string:
x [SQLSTATE = aa bbb SQLCODE=cccc]
where x = space : no error
E : error
N : no more data
W : warning
? : undefined
*************************************************/
$err_string = ifx_error($result_id);
if ($err_string[0] != ' ') {
printf("<BR>Informix error: %s", ifx_errormsg());
die;
}
}
$database = "video";
$server = "lapdog_tcp";
$login = "username";
$password = "password";
$dbs = $database . "@" . $server;
$connect_id = ifx_pconnect($dbs,$login,$password);
if (!$connect_id) {
echo "Unable to connect to Informix database<br>\n";
chk_ifx_err1($connect_id);
} else {
echo "Informix connection successful! <BR>";
}
if ($connect_id) {
$statmt_txt = "select count(*) count from vhs where type_code = 'ST1' ";
$statmt_id1 = ifx_query($statmt_txt,$connect_id); // EXECUTE SQL
if (!$statmt_id1) {
echo "Unable to execute Informix sql statement<br>\n";
echo "$statmt_txt<br>\n";
chk_ifx_err1($statmt_id1);
}
$row = ifx_fetch_row($statmt_id1); // FETCH RESULT OF COUNT INTO ARRAY
if (!$row) {
echo "Unable to fetch Informix result<br>\n";
echo "$statmt_txt<br>\n";
chk_ifx_err1($statmt_id1);
}
$num_rows_selected = sprintf("%d",$row[count]); // FORMAT COUNT INTO VARIABLE
echo "<html>";
echo "$num_rows_selected rows selected <BR>"; // DISPLAY RESULT IN HTML
echo "</html>";
ifx_free_result ($statmt_id1);
}
?>
</html>
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