maxdb_select_db
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maxdb_select_db
    (no version information, might be only in CVS)
maxdb->select_db -- Selects the default database for database queries
Description
bool 
maxdb_select_db ( resource link, string dbname )
     The maxdb_select_db() function selects the default
     database (specified by the dbname parameter) to be 
     used when performing queries against the database connection 
     represented by the link parameter.
    
Note: 
      This function should only be used to change the default database for the connection. 
      You can select the default database with 4th parameter in maxdb_connect().
     
Return values
     Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.
    
Example
| Example 1. Object oriented style | 
<?php$maxdb = new maxdb("localhost", "MONA", "RED", "DEMODB");
 
 /* check connection */
 if (maxdb_connect_errno()) {
 printf("Connect failed: %s\n", maxdb_connect_error());
 exit();
 }
 
 /* return name of current default database */
 if ($result = $maxdb->query("SELECT SERVERDB FROM USERS WHERE USERNAME='MONA'")) {
 $row = $result->fetch_row();
 printf("Default database is %s.\n", $row[0]);
 $result->close();
 }
 
 /* change db to world db */
 $maxdb->select_db("XXXXXXXX");
 
 /* return name of current default database */
 if ($result = $maxdb->query("SELECT SERVERDB FROM USERS WHERE USERNAME='MONA'")) {
 $row = $result->fetch_row();
 printf("Default database is %s.\n", $row[0]);
 $result->close();
 }
 
 $maxdb->close();
 ?>
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| Example 2. Procedural style | 
<?php$link = maxdb_connect("localhost", "MONA", "RED", "DEMODB");
 
 /* check connection */
 if (maxdb_connect_errno()) {
 printf("Connect failed: %s\n", maxdb_connect_error());
 exit();
 }
 
 /* return name of current default database */
 if ($result = maxdb_query($link, "SELECT SERVERDB FROM USERS WHERE USERNAME='MONA'")) {
 $row = maxdb_fetch_row($result);
 printf("Default database is %s.\n", $row[0]);
 maxdb_free_result($result);
 }
 
 /* change db to world db */
 maxdb_select_db($link, "XXXXXXXX");
 
 /* return name of current default database */
 if ($result = maxdb_query($link, "SELECT SERVERDB FROM USERS WHERE USERNAME='MONA'")) {
 $row = maxdb_fetch_row($result);
 printf("Default database is %s.\n", $row[0]);
 maxdb_free_result($result);
 }
 
 maxdb_close($link);
 ?>
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     The above examples would produce the following output:
    
| Default database is <...>.
Warning: maxdb_select_db(): -10709 Connection failed (RTE:database not running) <...>
Warning: maxdb_query(): -10821 Session not connected [] <...>
Warning: maxdb_close(): -10821 Session not connected [] <...> |