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-rw-r--r--system/database/drivers/mssql/mssql_driver.php21
-rw-r--r--system/database/drivers/mysql/mysql_driver.php16
-rw-r--r--system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_driver.php16
-rw-r--r--system/database/drivers/sqlsrv/sqlsrv_driver.php21
-rw-r--r--user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst1
-rw-r--r--user_guide_src/source/database/connecting.rst6
6 files changed, 67 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/mssql/mssql_driver.php b/system/database/drivers/mssql/mssql_driver.php
index 2a1098932..25a32f364 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/mssql/mssql_driver.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/mssql/mssql_driver.php
@@ -114,14 +114,25 @@ class CI_DB_mssql_driver extends CI_DB {
/**
* 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 = $database;
+ return TRUE;
+ }
+
+ return FALSE;
}
// --------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -676,4 +687,4 @@ class CI_DB_mssql_driver extends CI_DB {
/* End of file mssql_driver.php */
-/* Location: ./system/database/drivers/mssql/mssql_driver.php */ \ No newline at end of file
+/* Location: ./system/database/drivers/mssql/mssql_driver.php */
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/mysql/mysql_driver.php b/system/database/drivers/mysql/mysql_driver.php
index 067710ff0..c88a8a766 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/mysql/mysql_driver.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/mysql/mysql_driver.php
@@ -119,11 +119,23 @@ class CI_DB_mysql_driver extends CI_DB {
/**
* Select the database
*
+ * @param string database name
* @return bool
*/
- public function db_select()
+ public function db_select($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 = $database;
+ return TRUE;
+ }
+
+ return FALSE;
}
// --------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_driver.php b/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_driver.php
index a79b2a4ad..dbba12e15 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_driver.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_driver.php
@@ -119,11 +119,23 @@ class CI_DB_mysqli_driver extends CI_DB {
/**
* Select the database
*
+ * @param string database name
* @return bool
*/
- public function db_select()
+ public function db_select($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 = $database;
+ return TRUE;
+ }
+
+ return FALSE;
}
// --------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/sqlsrv/sqlsrv_driver.php b/system/database/drivers/sqlsrv/sqlsrv_driver.php
index 6fd52ef70..9c50209ec 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/sqlsrv/sqlsrv_driver.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/sqlsrv/sqlsrv_driver.php
@@ -122,12 +122,23 @@ class CI_DB_sqlsrv_driver extends CI_DB {
/**
* Select the database
*
- * @access private called by the base class
- * @return resource
+ * @param string database name
+ * @return bool
*/
- function db_select()
+ public function db_select($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 @@ class CI_DB_sqlsrv_driver extends CI_DB {
/* 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 00d70f323..dc6b29516 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ 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().
- Libraries
diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/database/connecting.rst b/user_guide_src/source/database/connecting.rst
index a834cc0f7..fb4524116 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/database/connecting.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/database/connecting.rst
@@ -122,6 +122,12 @@ return the database object.
| $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
===========================================