Merge upstream branch

4 files changed, 37 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst b/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
index 8477be0ba..527ed8f60 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
@@ -54,7 +54,14 @@ Release Date: Not Released
    -  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().
+   -  Added Interbase/Firebird database support via the "interbase" driver
+   -  Added an optional database name parameter to db_select().
+   -  Replaced the _error_message() and _error_number() methods with error(), that returns an array containing the last database error code and message.
+   -  Improved version() implementation so that drivers that have a native function to get the version number don't have to be defined in the core DB_driver class.
+   -  Improved support of the PostgreSQL driver, including:
+	 -  pg_version() is now used to get the database version number, when possible.
+	 -  Added db_set_charset() support.
+	 -  Added _optimize_table() support for the :doc:`Database Utility Class <database/utilities>` (rebuilds table indexes).
 
 -  Libraries
 
@@ -76,6 +83,7 @@ Release Date: Not Released
    -  Removed SHA1 function in the :doc:`Encryption Library <libraries/encryption>`.
    -  Added $config['csrf_regeneration'] to the CSRF protection in the :doc:`Security library <libraries/security>`, which makes token regeneration optional.
    -  Added function error_array() to return all error messages as an array in the Form_validation class.
+   -  Changed the Session library to select only one row when using database sessions.
 
 -  Core
 
@@ -116,16 +124,17 @@ Bug fixes for 3.0
 -  Fixed a bug (#81) - ODBC's list_fields() and field_data() methods skipped the first column due to odbc_field_*() functions' index starting at 1 instead of 0.
 -  Fixed a bug (#129) - ODBC's num_rows() returned -1 in some cases, due to not all subdrivers supporting the odbc_num_rows() function.
 -  Fixed a bug (#153) - E_NOTICE being generated by getimagesize() in the :doc:`File Uploading Library <libraries/file_uploading>`.
--  Fixed a bug (#611) - SQLSRV's _error_message() and _error_number() methods used to issue warnings when there's no actual error.
+-  Fixed a bug (#611) - SQLSRV's error handling methods used to issue warnings when there's no actual error.
 -  Fixed a bug (#1036) - is_write_type() method in the :doc:`Database Library <database/index>` didn't return TRUE for RENAME and OPTIMIZE queries.
 -  Fixed a bug in PDO's _version() method where it used to return the client version as opposed to the server one.
 -  Fixed a bug in PDO's insert_id() method where it could've failed if it's used with Postgre versions prior to 8.1.
 -  Fixed a bug in CUBRID's affected_rows() method where a connection resource was passed to cubrid_affected_rows() instead of a result.
 -  Fixed a bug (#638) - db_set_charset() ignored its arguments and always used the configured charset and collation instead.
--  Fixed a bug (#413) - Oracle's _error_message() and _error_number() methods used to only return connection-related errors.
+-  Fixed a bug (#413) - Oracle's error handling methods used to only return connection-related errors.
 -  Fixed a bug (#804) - Profiler library was trying to handle objects as strings in some cases, resulting in warnings being issued by htmlspecialchars().
 -  Fixed a bug (#1101) - MySQL/MySQLi result method field_data() was implemented as if it was handling a DESCRIBE result instead of the actual result set.
 -  Fixed a bug in Oracle's :doc:`Database Forge Class <database/forge>` method _create_table() where it failed with AUTO_INCREMENT as it's not supported.
+-  Fixed a bug (#1080) - When using the SMTP protocol, the :doc:`Email Library <libraries/email>` send() method was returning TRUE even if the connection/authentication against the server failed.
 -  Fixed a bug (#499) - a CSRF cookie was created even with CSRF protection being disabled.
 
 Version 2.1.1
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/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