Merge upstream branch
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/mssql/mssql_driver.php b/system/database/drivers/mssql/mssql_driver.php
index 2a10989..25a32f3 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/mssql/mssql_driver.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/mssql/mssql_driver.php
@@ -114,14 +114,25 @@
/**
* Select the database
*
- * @access private called by the base class
- * @return resource
+ * @param string database name
+ * @return bool
*/
- function db_select()
+ public function db_select($database = '')
{
+ if ($database === '')
+ {
+ $database = $this->database;
+ }
+
// Note: The brackets are required in the event that the DB name
// contains reserved characters
- return @mssql_select_db('['.$this->database.']', $this->conn_id);
+ if (@mssql_select_db('['.$database.']', $this->conn_id))
+ {
+ $this->database = $database;
+ return TRUE;
+ }
+
+ return FALSE;
}
// --------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -676,4 +687,4 @@
/* End of file mssql_driver.php */
-/* Location: ./system/database/drivers/mssql/mssql_driver.php */
\ No newline at end of file
+/* Location: ./system/database/drivers/mssql/mssql_driver.php */
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/mysql/mysql_driver.php b/system/database/drivers/mysql/mysql_driver.php
index 067710f..c88a8a7 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/mysql/mysql_driver.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/mysql/mysql_driver.php
@@ -119,11 +119,23 @@
/**
* Select the database
*
+ * @param string database name
* @return bool
*/
- public function db_select()
+ public function db_select($database = '')
{
- return @mysql_select_db($this->database, $this->conn_id);
+ if ($database === '')
+ {
+ $database = $this->database;
+ }
+
+ if (@mysql_select_db($database, $this->conn_id))
+ {
+ $this->database = $database;
+ return TRUE;
+ }
+
+ return FALSE;
}
// --------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_driver.php b/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_driver.php
index a79b2a4..dbba12e 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_driver.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_driver.php
@@ -119,11 +119,23 @@
/**
* Select the database
*
+ * @param string database name
* @return bool
*/
- public function db_select()
+ public function db_select($database = '')
{
- return @mysqli_select_db($this->conn_id, $this->database);
+ if ($database === '')
+ {
+ $database = $this->database;
+ }
+
+ if (@mysqli_select_db($this->conn_id, $database))
+ {
+ $this->database = $database;
+ return TRUE;
+ }
+
+ return FALSE;
}
// --------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/sqlsrv/sqlsrv_driver.php b/system/database/drivers/sqlsrv/sqlsrv_driver.php
index 6fd52ef..9c50209 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/sqlsrv/sqlsrv_driver.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/sqlsrv/sqlsrv_driver.php
@@ -122,12 +122,23 @@
/**
* Select the database
*
- * @access private called by the base class
- * @return resource
+ * @param string database name
+ * @return bool
*/
- function db_select()
+ public function db_select($database = '')
{
- return $this->_execute('USE ' . $this->database);
+ if ($database === '')
+ {
+ $database = $this->database;
+ }
+
+ if ($this->_execute('USE '.$database))
+ {
+ $this->database = $database;
+ return TRUE;
+ }
+
+ return FALSE;
}
// --------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -608,4 +619,4 @@
/* End of file mssql_driver.php */
-/* Location: ./system/database/drivers/mssql/mssql_driver.php */
\ No newline at end of file
+/* Location: ./system/database/drivers/mssql/mssql_driver.php */
diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst b/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
index 8e0580f..d512559 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
- MySQLi driver now supports persistent connections when running on PHP >= 5.3.
- Added dsn if the group connections in the config use PDO or any driver which need DSN.
- Improved PDO database support.
+ - An optional database name parameter was added db_select().
- Improved support of the Oracle (OCI8) driver, including:
- Added DSN string support (Easy Connect and TNS).
- Added support for dropping tables to :doc:`Database Forge <database/forge>`.
diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/database/connecting.rst b/user_guide_src/source/database/connecting.rst
index a834cc0..fb45241 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/database/connecting.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/database/connecting.rst
@@ -122,6 +122,12 @@
| $DB1->result();
| etc...
+.. note:: You don't need to create separate database configurations if you
+ only need to use a different database on the same connection. You
+ can switch to a different database when you need to, like this:
+
+ | $this->db->db_select($database2_name);
+
Reconnecting / Keeping the Connection Alive
===========================================