Merge branch 'develop' of github.com:EllisLab/CodeIgniter into develop-zip

5 files changed, 37 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/database/active_record.rst b/user_guide_src/source/database/active_record.rst
index c04e67d2a..e328c11e2 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/database/active_record.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/database/active_record.rst
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ Example::
 	// Produces string: SELECT * FROM mytable
 
 The second parameter enables you to set whether or not the active record query
-will be reset (by default it will be—just like `$this->db->get()`)::
+will be reset (by default it will be just like `$this->db->get()`)::
 
 	echo $this->db->limit(10,20)->get_compiled_select('mytable', FALSE);
 	// Produces string: SELECT * FROM mytable LIMIT 20, 10
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ Query grouping
 **************
 
 Query grouping allows you to create groups of WHERE clauses by enclosing them in parentheses. This will allow
-you to create queries with complex WHERE clauses. Nested groups are supported. Example:
+you to create queries with complex WHERE clauses. Nested groups are supported. Example::
 
 	$this->db->select('*')->from('my_table')
 		->group_start()
@@ -921,9 +921,9 @@ Method chaining allows you to simplify your syntax by connecting
 multiple functions. Consider this example::
 
 	$query = $this->db->select('title')
-				->where('id', $id)
-				->limit(10, 20)
-				->get('mytable');
+			->where('id', $id)
+			->limit(10, 20)
+			->get('mytable');
 
 .. _ar-caching:
 
diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/database/helpers.rst b/user_guide_src/source/database/helpers.rst
index 7ea19e9f6..e8a5ac801 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/database/helpers.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/database/helpers.rst
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ $this->db->insert_id()
 
 The insert ID number when performing database inserts.
 
-.. note:: If using the PDO driver with PostgreSQL, this function requires
-	a $name parameter, which specifies the appropriate sequence to check
-	for the insert id.
+.. note:: If using the PDO driver with PostgreSQL, or using the Interbase
+	driver, this function requires a $name parameter, which specifies the 
+	appropriate sequence to check for the insert id.
 
 $this->db->affected_rows()
 ===========================
diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/database/queries.rst b/user_guide_src/source/database/queries.rst
index 971d5d61d..15a73614a 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/database/queries.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/database/queries.rst
@@ -112,3 +112,20 @@ The secondary benefit of using binds is that the values are
 automatically escaped, producing safer queries. You don't have to
 remember to manually escape data; the engine does it automatically for
 you.
+
+***************
+Handling Errors
+***************
+
+$this->db->error();
+===================
+
+If you need to get the last error that has occured, the error() method
+will return an array containing its code and message. Here's a quick
+example::
+
+	if ( ! $this->db->simple_query('SELECT `example_field` FROM `example_table`'))
+	{
+		$error = $this->db->error(); // Has keys 'code' and 'message'
+	}
+
diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/database/results.rst b/user_guide_src/source/database/results.rst
index 4f93c794d..865345762 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/database/results.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/database/results.rst
@@ -150,6 +150,12 @@ is the variable that the query result object is assigned to::
 	
 	echo $query->num_rows();
 
+.. note::
+	Not all database drivers have a native way of getting the total
+	number of rows for a result set. When this is the case, all of
+	the data is prefetched and count() is manually called on the
+	resulting array in order to achieve the same functionality.
+	
 $query->num_fields()
 =====================
 
@@ -182,5 +188,4 @@ Example::
 
 	$row = $query2->row();
 	echo $row->name;
-	$query2->free_result();// The $query2 result object will no longer be available
-
+	$query2->free_result(); // The $query2 result object will no longer be available
diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/database/utilities.rst b/user_guide_src/source/database/utilities.rst
index b0920109f..3805ffb87 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/database/utilities.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/database/utilities.rst
@@ -161,7 +161,11 @@ $this->dbutil->backup()
 Permits you to backup your full database or individual tables. The
 backup data can be compressed in either Zip or Gzip format.
 
-.. note:: This features is only available for MySQL databases.
+.. note:: This features is only available for MySQL and Interbase/Firebird databases.
+
+.. note:: For Interbase/Firebird databases, the backup file name is the only parameter.
+	
+		Eg. $this->dbutil->backup('db_backup_filename');
 
 .. note:: Due to the limited execution time and memory available to PHP,
 	backing up very large databases may not be possible. If your database is