OCINewDescriptor

OCINewDescriptor -- Initialize a new empty descriptor LOB/FILE (LOB is default)

Description

string OCINewDescriptor(int connection, int [type]);

OCINewDescriptor() Allocates storage to hold descriptors or LOB locators. Valid values for the valid type are OCI_D_FILE, OCI_D_LOB, OCI_D_ROWID.

Example 1. OCINewDescriptor

<?php   
    /* This script is designed to be called from a HTML form.
     * It expects $user, $password, $table, $where, and $commitsize
     * to be passed in from the form.  The script then deletes
     * the selected rows using the ROWID and commits after each
     * set of $commitsize rows. (Use with care, there is no rollback)
     */
    $conn = OCILogon($user, $password);
    $stmt = OCIParse($conn,"select rowid from $table $where");
    $rowid = OCINewDescriptor($conn,OCI_D_ROWID);
    OCIDefineByName($stmt,"ROWID",&$rowid);   
    OCIExecute($stmt);
    while ( OCIFetch($stmt) ) {      
       $nrows = OCIRowCount($stmt);
       $delete = OCIParse($conn,"delete from $table where ROWID = :rid");
       OCIBindByName($delete,":rid",&$rowid,-1,OCI_B_ROWID);
       OCIExecute($delete);      
       print "$nrows\n";
       if ( ($nrows % $commitsize) == 0 ) {
           OCICommit($conn);      
       }   
    }
    $nrows = OCIRowCount($stmt);   
    print "$nrows deleted...\n";
    OCIFreeStatement($stmt);  
    OCILogoff($conn);
?>