mysql_select_db

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mysql_select_db -- Выбирает базу данных MySQL

Описание

bool mysql_select_db ( string database_name [, resource link_identifier] )

Возвращает TRUE в случае успешного завершения или FALSE в случае возникновения ошибки.

mysql_select_db() выбирает для работы указанную базу данных на сервере, на который ссылается переданный указатель. Если параметр указателя опущен, используется последнее открытое соединение. Если нет ни одного открытого соединения, функция попытается соединиться с сервером аналогично функции mysql_connect(), вызванной без параметров.

Каждый последующий вызов функции mysql_query() будет работать с выбранной базой данных.

Пример 1. Пример использования mysql_select_db()

<?php

$lnk
= mysql_connect('localhost', 'mysql_user', 'mysql_password')
       or die (
'Not connected : ' . mysql_error());

// сделать foo текущей базой данных
mysql_select_db('foo', $lnk) or die ('Can\'t use foo : ' . mysql_error());

?>

См. также mysql_connect(), mysql_pconnect() и mysql_query().

Для совместимости, как алиас, доступна устаревшая функцмия mysql_selectdb(). Однако, использовать её крайне не рекомендуется.



mysql_select_db
matsko at rogers dot com
10-May-2006 12:19
Just incase the mysql_select_db() function still won't work with multiple database connections (as has happened to me before).

$dbh1 = mysql_pconnect($host,$user,$pass);
$dbh2 = mysql_pconnect($host,$user,$pass);

You could do this...

mysql_query("USE database1",$dbh1);
mysql_query("Use database2",$dbh2);

This does the same thing as the mysql_select_db() function...

or this...

You don't even have to select the database for each connection.

mysql_query("SELECT * FROM database1.table",$dbh1);
mysql_query("SELECT * FROM database2.table",$dbh2);
Maarten
19-Aug-2005 05:09
Previously posted comments about opening connections if the same parameters to mysql_connect() are used can be avoided by using the 'new_link' parameter to that function.

This parameter has been available since PHP 4.2.0 and allows you to open a new link even if the call uses the same parameters.
buzz at oska dot com
06-May-2005 05:39
As has been already commented, opening multiple connection handles with:
<?php
$connection_handle
mysql_connect($hostname_and_port,$user,$password);
?>
causes the connection ID/handle to be REUSED if the exact same parameters are passed in to it.  This can be annoying if you want to work with multiple databases on the same server, but don't want to (a) use the database.table syntax in all your queries or (b) call the mysql_select_db($database) before every SQL query just to be sure which database you are working with.   
My solution is to create a handle for each database with mysql_connect (using ever so slightly different connection properties), and assign each of them to their own database permanently.  each time I do a mysql_query(...) call, I just include the connection handle that I want to do this call on eg (ive left out all error checking for simplicity sake):
<?php
// none of thesehandles are re-used as the connection parameters are different on them all, despite connecting to the same server (assuming 'myuser' and 'otheruser' have the same privileges/accesses in mysql)
$handle_db1 = mysql_connect("localhost","myuser","apasswd");
$handle_db2 = mysql_connect("127.0.0.1","myuser","apasswd");
$handle_db3 = mysql_connect("localhost:3306","myuser","apasswd");
$handle_db4 = mysql_connect("localhost","otheruser","apasswd");

// give each handle it's own database to work with, permanently.
mysql_select_db("db1",$handle_db1);
mysql_select_db("db2",$handle_db2);
mysql_select_db("db3",$handle_db3);
mysql_select_db("db4",$handle_db4);

//do a query from db1:
$query = "select * from test"; $which = $handle_db1;
mysql_query($query,$which);

//do a query from db2 :
$query = "select * from test"; $which = $handle_db2;
mysql_query($query,$which);

//etc
?>

Note that we didn't do a mysql_select_db between queries , and we didn't use the database name in the query either.

Of course, it has the overhead of setting up an extra connection.... but you may find this is preferable in some cases...
Dan Ross
12-Feb-2004 01:43
Another way to select from 2 different databases on the same server:

mysql_select_db("db1");

$res_db1 = mysql_query("select * from db1.foobar");
$res_db2 = mysql_query("select * from db2.foobar");

I.e. just prepend database name.
james at gogo dot co dot nz
16-Jan-2004 04:45
Be carefull if you are using two databases on the same server at the same time.  By default mysql_connect returns the same connection ID for multiple calls with the same server parameters, which means if you do

<?php
  $db1
= mysql_connect(...stuff...);
 
$db2 = mysql_connect(...stuff...);
 
mysql_select_db('db1', $db1);
 
mysql_select_db('db2', $db2);
?>

then $db1 will actually have selected the database 'db2', because the second call to mysql_connect just returned the already opened connection ID !

You have two options here, eiher you have to call mysql_select_db before each query you do, or if you're using php4.2+ there is a parameter to mysql_connect to force the creation of a new link.
doug at xamo dot com
17-Dec-2003 12:39
When you need to query data from multiple databases, note that mysql_select_db("db2")  doesn't prevent you from fetching more rows with result sets returned from "db1".

mysql_select_db("db1");

$res_db1=mysql_query("select * from foobar");

myqsl_select_db("db2);

$row_db1=mysql_fetch_object($res_db1);

$res_db2=mysql_query("select * from test where id='$row_db1->id'");

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 Last updated: Tue, 15 Nov 2005