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authorDerek Allard <derek.allard@ellislab.com>2007-12-19 15:23:19 +0100
committerDerek Allard <derek.allard@ellislab.com>2007-12-19 15:23:19 +0100
commitc6935514fbe8ead6aed2ee711e1ce106913a9f47 (patch)
treed30f5b7f67c69ae4d5301c6724dc98607ae7446b /user_guide
parent116c3937d7a9ae414f1fa59e23a624f50200f162 (diff)
Added where_in(), where_in_or(), where_not_in(), and where_not_in_or() to Active Record.
Diffstat (limited to 'user_guide')
-rw-r--r--user_guide/changelog.html2
-rw-r--r--user_guide/database/active_record.html41
2 files changed, 25 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/user_guide/changelog.html b/user_guide/changelog.html
index 8853969c4..55edb75d1 100644
--- a/user_guide/changelog.html
+++ b/user_guide/changelog.html
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ Change Log
<li>Javascript Calendar plugin now uses the months and days from the calendar language file, instead of hard-coded values, internationalizing it.</li>
<li>Removed &quot;rand()&quot; as a listed option from orderby in the <a href="./database/active_record.html">Active Record</a>, as it was MySQL only.</li>
<li>Added 'random' as an <kbd>order_by()</kbd> option in <a href="./database/active_record.html">Active Record</a>.</li>
- <li>Added <kbd>where_in()</kbd> to <a href="./database/active_record.html">Active Record</a>.</li>
+ <li>Added <kbd>where_in()</kbd>, <kbd>where_in_or()</kbd>, <kbd>where_not_in()</kbd>, and <kbd>where_not_in_or()</kbd> to <a href="./database/active_record.html">Active Record</a>.</li>
<li>Added titles to all user manual pages.</li>
<li>Added a check for NULL fields in the MySQL database backup utility.</li>
<li>Documented the <kbd>timezones()</kbd> function in the <a href="./helpers/date_helper.html">Date Helper</a>.</li>
diff --git a/user_guide/database/active_record.html b/user_guide/database/active_record.html
index 0146941ba..cf8ad469f 100644
--- a/user_guide/database/active_record.html
+++ b/user_guide/database/active_record.html
@@ -268,26 +268,33 @@ $this->db->or_where('id >', $id);
<h2>$this->db->where_in();</h2>
-<p>This function is used to write WHERE clauses that contain the IN keyword.</p>
+<p>Generates a WHERE field IN ('item', 'item') SQL query joined with AND if appropriate</p>
+<p><code>
+ $names = array('Frank', 'Todd', 'James');<br />
+ $this->db->where_in('username', $names);<br />
+ // Produces: AND WHERE username IN ('Frank', 'Todd', 'James')</code></p>
+
+<h2>$this->db->where_in_or();</h2>
+<p>Generates a WHERE field IN ('item', 'item') SQL query joined with OR if appropriate</p>
+<p><code>
+ $names = array('Frank', 'Todd', 'James');<br />
+ $this->db->where_in_or('username', $names);<br />
+ // Produces: OR WHERE username IN ('Frank', 'Todd', 'James')</code></p>
+
+<h2>$this->db->where_not_in();</h2>
+<p>Generates a WHERE field NOT IN ('item', 'item') SQL query joined with AND if appropriate</p>
+<p><code>
+ $names = array('Frank', 'Todd', 'James');<br />
+ $this->db->where_not_in('username', $names);<br />
+ // Produces: AND WHERE username NOT IN ('Frank', 'Todd', 'James')</code></p>
+<h2>$this->db->where_not_in_or();</h2>
+<p>Generates a WHERE field NOT IN ('item', 'item') SQL query joined with OR if appropriate</p>
<p><code>
- $names = array('frank', 'Todd', 'James');<br />
+ $names = array('Frank', 'Todd', 'James');<br />
$this->db->where_in('username', $names);<br />
- // Produces: AND WHERE username IN ('frank', 'Todd', 'James')</code></p>
-<p>An optional third parameter can be used to specify if the WHERE statement should be separated with &quot;OR&quot; or &quot;AND&quot; in the event of multiple WHERE calls. The default is &quot;AND&quot;. They are called with 'and', 'or'.</p>
-<p><code>$names = array('frank', 'Todd', 'James');<br />
- <br />
- $this-&gt;db-&gt;where('usergroup', '5')<br />
-$this-&gt;db-&gt;where_in('username', $names);<br />
-// Produces: WHERE usergroup = '5' AND WHERE username IN ('frank', 'Todd', 'James')<br />
-<br />
-$this-&gt;db-&gt;where('usergroup', '5')<br />
-$this-&gt;db-&gt;where_in('username', $names, 'and');<br />
-// Produces: WHERE usergroup = '5' AND WHERE username IN ('frank', 'Todd', 'James')<br />
-<br />
-$this-&gt;db-&gt;where('usergroup', '5')<br />
-$this-&gt;db-&gt;where_in('username', $names, 'or');<br />
-// Produces: WHERE usergroup = '5' OR WHERE username IN ('frank', 'Todd', 'James')</code></p>
+ // Produces: OR WHERE username NOT IN ('Frank', 'Todd', 'James')</code></p>
+
<h2>$this->db->like();</h2>
<p>This function enables you to generate <strong>LIKE</strong> clauses, useful for doing searches.</p>