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What Are Commonly Used MSSQL Functions in PHP?

If you look at the PHP 5 manual, you will see a group of functions listed under the Microsoft SQL Server Functions section. The commonly used functions are:

mssql_connect — Open MS SQL server connection mssql_close — Close MS SQL Server connection mssql_select_db — Select MS SQL database mssql_query — Send MS SQL query mssql_num_rows — Gets the number of rows in result mssql_fetch_row — Get row as enumerated array mssql_fetch_assoc — Returns an associative array of the current row in the result mssql_fetch_array — Fetch a result row as an associative array, a numeric array, or both mssql_fetch_object — Fetch row as object mssql_free_result — Free result memory mssql_num_fields — Gets the number of fields in result mssql_field_name — Get the name of a field mssql_field_type — Gets the type of a field mssql_field_length — Get the length of a field mssql_fetch_field — Get field information mssql_get_last_message — Returns the last message from the server mssql_rows_affected — Returns the number of records affected by the query

Some of the functions will be discussed in this tutorial collection.

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