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1 <?php
2
3 /**
4 * @defgroup Database Database
5 *
6 * This file deals with database interface functions
7 * and query specifics/optimisations.
8 *
9 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
10 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
11 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
12 * (at your option) any later version.
13 *
14 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
15 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
16 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
17 * GNU General Public License for more details.
18 *
19 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
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21 * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
22 * http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
23 *
24 * @file
25 * @ingroup Database
26 */
27
28 /**
29 * Basic database interface for live and lazy-loaded DB handles
30 *
31 * @todo: loosen up DB classes from MWException
32 * @note: DatabaseBase and DBConnRef should be updated to reflect any changes
33 * @ingroup Database
34 */
35 interface IDatabase {
36 /**
37 * A string describing the current software version, and possibly
38 * other details in a user-friendly way. Will be listed on Special:Version, etc.
39 * Use getServerVersion() to get machine-friendly information.
40 *
41 * @return string Version information from the database server
42 */
43 public function getServerInfo();
44
45 /**
46 * Turns buffering of SQL result sets on (true) or off (false). Default is
47 * "on".
48 *
49 * Unbuffered queries are very troublesome in MySQL:
50 *
51 * - If another query is executed while the first query is being read
52 * out, the first query is killed. This means you can't call normal
53 * MediaWiki functions while you are reading an unbuffered query result
54 * from a normal wfGetDB() connection.
55 *
56 * - Unbuffered queries cause the MySQL server to use large amounts of
57 * memory and to hold broad locks which block other queries.
58 *
59 * If you want to limit client-side memory, it's almost always better to
60 * split up queries into batches using a LIMIT clause than to switch off
61 * buffering.
62 *
63 * @param null|bool $buffer
64 * @return null|bool The previous value of the flag
65 */
66 public function bufferResults( $buffer = null );
67
68 /**
69 * Gets the current transaction level.
70 *
71 * Historically, transactions were allowed to be "nested". This is no
72 * longer supported, so this function really only returns a boolean.
73 *
74 * @return int The previous value
75 */
76 public function trxLevel();
77
78 /**
79 * Get the UNIX timestamp of the time that the transaction was established
80 *
81 * This can be used to reason about the staleness of SELECT data
82 * in REPEATABLE-READ transaction isolation level.
83 *
84 * @return float|null Returns null if there is not active transaction
85 * @since 1.25
86 */
87 public function trxTimestamp();
88
89 /**
90 * Get/set the table prefix.
91 * @param string $prefix The table prefix to set, or omitted to leave it unchanged.
92 * @return string The previous table prefix.
93 */
94 public function tablePrefix( $prefix = null );
95
96 /**
97 * Get/set the db schema.
98 * @param string $schema The database schema to set, or omitted to leave it unchanged.
99 * @return string The previous db schema.
100 */
101 public function dbSchema( $schema = null );
102
103 /**
104 * Get properties passed down from the server info array of the load
105 * balancer.
106 *
107 * @param string $name The entry of the info array to get, or null to get the
108 * whole array
109 *
110 * @return array|mixed|null
111 */
112 public function getLBInfo( $name = null );
113
114 /**
115 * Set the LB info array, or a member of it. If called with one parameter,
116 * the LB info array is set to that parameter. If it is called with two
117 * parameters, the member with the given name is set to the given value.
118 *
119 * @param string $name
120 * @param array $value
121 */
122 public function setLBInfo( $name, $value = null );
123
124 /**
125 * Returns true if this database does an implicit sort when doing GROUP BY
126 *
127 * @return bool
128 */
129 public function implicitGroupby();
130
131 /**
132 * Returns true if this database does an implicit order by when the column has an index
133 * For example: SELECT page_title FROM page LIMIT 1
134 *
135 * @return bool
136 */
137 public function implicitOrderby();
138
139 /**
140 * Return the last query that went through DatabaseBase::query()
141 * @return string
142 */
143 public function lastQuery();
144
145 /**
146 * Returns true if the connection may have been used for write queries.
147 * Should return true if unsure.
148 *
149 * @return bool
150 */
151 public function doneWrites();
152
153 /**
154 * Returns the last time the connection may have been used for write queries.
155 * Should return a timestamp if unsure.
156 *
157 * @return int|float UNIX timestamp or false
158 * @since 1.24
159 */
160 public function lastDoneWrites();
161
162 /**
163 * Returns true if there is a transaction open with possible write
164 * queries or transaction pre-commit/idle callbacks waiting on it to finish.
165 *
166 * @return bool
167 */
168 public function writesOrCallbacksPending();
169
170 /**
171 * Get the time spend running write queries for this
172 *
173 * High times could be due to scanning, updates, locking, and such
174 *
175 * @return float|bool Returns false if not transaction is active
176 * @since 1.26
177 */
178 public function pendingWriteQueryDuration();
179
180 /**
181 * Is a connection to the database open?
182 * @return bool
183 */
184 public function isOpen();
185
186 /**
187 * Set a flag for this connection
188 *
189 * @param int $flag DBO_* constants from Defines.php:
190 * - DBO_DEBUG: output some debug info (same as debug())
191 * - DBO_NOBUFFER: don't buffer results (inverse of bufferResults())
192 * - DBO_TRX: automatically start transactions
193 * - DBO_DEFAULT: automatically sets DBO_TRX if not in command line mode
194 * and removes it in command line mode
195 * - DBO_PERSISTENT: use persistant database connection
196 */
197 public function setFlag( $flag );
198
199 /**
200 * Clear a flag for this connection
201 *
202 * @param int $flag DBO_* constants from Defines.php:
203 * - DBO_DEBUG: output some debug info (same as debug())
204 * - DBO_NOBUFFER: don't buffer results (inverse of bufferResults())
205 * - DBO_TRX: automatically start transactions
206 * - DBO_DEFAULT: automatically sets DBO_TRX if not in command line mode
207 * and removes it in command line mode
208 * - DBO_PERSISTENT: use persistant database connection
209 */
210 public function clearFlag( $flag );
211
212 /**
213 * Returns a boolean whether the flag $flag is set for this connection
214 *
215 * @param int $flag DBO_* constants from Defines.php:
216 * - DBO_DEBUG: output some debug info (same as debug())
217 * - DBO_NOBUFFER: don't buffer results (inverse of bufferResults())
218 * - DBO_TRX: automatically start transactions
219 * - DBO_PERSISTENT: use persistant database connection
220 * @return bool
221 */
222 public function getFlag( $flag );
223
224 /**
225 * General read-only accessor
226 *
227 * @param string $name
228 * @return string
229 */
230 public function getProperty( $name );
231
232 /**
233 * @return string
234 */
235 public function getWikiID();
236
237 /**
238 * Get the type of the DBMS, as it appears in $wgDBtype.
239 *
240 * @return string
241 */
242 public function getType();
243
244 /**
245 * Open a connection to the database. Usually aborts on failure
246 *
247 * @param string $server Database server host
248 * @param string $user Database user name
249 * @param string $password Database user password
250 * @param string $dbName Database name
251 * @return bool
252 * @throws DBConnectionError
253 */
254 public function open( $server, $user, $password, $dbName );
255
256 /**
257 * Fetch the next row from the given result object, in object form.
258 * Fields can be retrieved with $row->fieldname, with fields acting like
259 * member variables.
260 * If no more rows are available, false is returned.
261 *
262 * @param ResultWrapper|stdClass $res Object as returned from DatabaseBase::query(), etc.
263 * @return stdClass|bool
264 * @throws DBUnexpectedError Thrown if the database returns an error
265 */
266 public function fetchObject( $res );
267
268 /**
269 * Fetch the next row from the given result object, in associative array
270 * form. Fields are retrieved with $row['fieldname'].
271 * If no more rows are available, false is returned.
272 *
273 * @param ResultWrapper $res Result object as returned from DatabaseBase::query(), etc.
274 * @return array|bool
275 * @throws DBUnexpectedError Thrown if the database returns an error
276 */
277 public function fetchRow( $res );
278
279 /**
280 * Get the number of rows in a result object
281 *
282 * @param mixed $res A SQL result
283 * @return int
284 */
285 public function numRows( $res );
286
287 /**
288 * Get the number of fields in a result object
289 * @see http://www.php.net/mysql_num_fields
290 *
291 * @param mixed $res A SQL result
292 * @return int
293 */
294 public function numFields( $res );
295
296 /**
297 * Get a field name in a result object
298 * @see http://www.php.net/mysql_field_name
299 *
300 * @param mixed $res A SQL result
301 * @param int $n
302 * @return string
303 */
304 public function fieldName( $res, $n );
305
306 /**
307 * Get the inserted value of an auto-increment row
308 *
309 * The value inserted should be fetched from nextSequenceValue()
310 *
311 * Example:
312 * $id = $dbw->nextSequenceValue( 'page_page_id_seq' );
313 * $dbw->insert( 'page', array( 'page_id' => $id ) );
314 * $id = $dbw->insertId();
315 *
316 * @return int
317 */
318 public function insertId();
319
320 /**
321 * Change the position of the cursor in a result object
322 * @see http://www.php.net/mysql_data_seek
323 *
324 * @param mixed $res A SQL result
325 * @param int $row
326 */
327 public function dataSeek( $res, $row );
328
329 /**
330 * Get the last error number
331 * @see http://www.php.net/mysql_errno
332 *
333 * @return int
334 */
335 public function lastErrno();
336
337 /**
338 * Get a description of the last error
339 * @see http://www.php.net/mysql_error
340 *
341 * @return string
342 */
343 public function lastError();
344
345 /**
346 * mysql_fetch_field() wrapper
347 * Returns false if the field doesn't exist
348 *
349 * @param string $table Table name
350 * @param string $field Field name
351 *
352 * @return Field
353 */
354 public function fieldInfo( $table, $field );
355
356 /**
357 * Get the number of rows affected by the last write query
358 * @see http://www.php.net/mysql_affected_rows
359 *
360 * @return int
361 */
362 public function affectedRows();
363
364 /**
365 * Returns a wikitext link to the DB's website, e.g.,
366 * return "[http://www.mysql.com/ MySQL]";
367 * Should at least contain plain text, if for some reason
368 * your database has no website.
369 *
370 * @return string Wikitext of a link to the server software's web site
371 */
372 public function getSoftwareLink();
373
374 /**
375 * A string describing the current software version, like from
376 * mysql_get_server_info().
377 *
378 * @return string Version information from the database server.
379 */
380 public function getServerVersion();
381
382 /**
383 * Closes a database connection.
384 * if it is open : commits any open transactions
385 *
386 * @throws MWException
387 * @return bool Operation success. true if already closed.
388 */
389 public function close();
390
391 /**
392 * @param string $error Fallback error message, used if none is given by DB
393 * @throws DBConnectionError
394 */
395 public function reportConnectionError( $error = 'Unknown error' );
396
397 /**
398 * Run an SQL query and return the result. Normally throws a DBQueryError
399 * on failure. If errors are ignored, returns false instead.
400 *
401 * In new code, the query wrappers select(), insert(), update(), delete(),
402 * etc. should be used where possible, since they give much better DBMS
403 * independence and automatically quote or validate user input in a variety
404 * of contexts. This function is generally only useful for queries which are
405 * explicitly DBMS-dependent and are unsupported by the query wrappers, such
406 * as CREATE TABLE.
407 *
408 * However, the query wrappers themselves should call this function.
409 *
410 * @param string $sql SQL query
411 * @param string $fname Name of the calling function, for profiling/SHOW PROCESSLIST
412 * comment (you can use __METHOD__ or add some extra info)
413 * @param bool $tempIgnore Whether to avoid throwing an exception on errors...
414 * maybe best to catch the exception instead?
415 * @throws MWException
416 * @return bool|ResultWrapper True for a successful write query, ResultWrapper object
417 * for a successful read query, or false on failure if $tempIgnore set
418 */
419 public function query( $sql, $fname = __METHOD__, $tempIgnore = false );
420
421 /**
422 * Report a query error. Log the error, and if neither the object ignore
423 * flag nor the $tempIgnore flag is set, throw a DBQueryError.
424 *
425 * @param string $error
426 * @param int $errno
427 * @param string $sql
428 * @param string $fname
429 * @param bool $tempIgnore
430 * @throws DBQueryError
431 */
432 public function reportQueryError( $error, $errno, $sql, $fname, $tempIgnore = false );
433
434 /**
435 * Free a result object returned by query() or select(). It's usually not
436 * necessary to call this, just use unset() or let the variable holding
437 * the result object go out of scope.
438 *
439 * @param mixed $res A SQL result
440 */
441 public function freeResult( $res );
442
443 /**
444 * A SELECT wrapper which returns a single field from a single result row.
445 *
446 * Usually throws a DBQueryError on failure. If errors are explicitly
447 * ignored, returns false on failure.
448 *
449 * If no result rows are returned from the query, false is returned.
450 *
451 * @param string|array $table Table name. See DatabaseBase::select() for details.
452 * @param string $var The field name to select. This must be a valid SQL
453 * fragment: do not use unvalidated user input.
454 * @param string|array $cond The condition array. See DatabaseBase::select() for details.
455 * @param string $fname The function name of the caller.
456 * @param string|array $options The query options. See DatabaseBase::select() for details.
457 *
458 * @return bool|mixed The value from the field, or false on failure.
459 */
460 public function selectField(
461 $table, $var, $cond = '', $fname = __METHOD__, $options = array()
462 );
463
464 /**
465 * A SELECT wrapper which returns a list of single field values from result rows.
466 *
467 * Usually throws a DBQueryError on failure. If errors are explicitly
468 * ignored, returns false on failure.
469 *
470 * If no result rows are returned from the query, false is returned.
471 *
472 * @param string|array $table Table name. See DatabaseBase::select() for details.
473 * @param string $var The field name to select. This must be a valid SQL
474 * fragment: do not use unvalidated user input.
475 * @param string|array $cond The condition array. See DatabaseBase::select() for details.
476 * @param string $fname The function name of the caller.
477 * @param string|array $options The query options. See DatabaseBase::select() for details.
478 *
479 * @return bool|array The values from the field, or false on failure
480 * @since 1.25
481 */
482 public function selectFieldValues(
483 $table, $var, $cond = '', $fname = __METHOD__, $options = array()
484 );
485
486 /**
487 * Execute a SELECT query constructed using the various parameters provided.
488 * See below for full details of the parameters.
489 *
490 * @param string|array $table Table name
491 * @param string|array $vars Field names
492 * @param string|array $conds Conditions
493 * @param string $fname Caller function name
494 * @param array $options Query options
495 * @param array $join_conds Join conditions
496 *
497 *
498 * @param string|array $table
499 *
500 * May be either an array of table names, or a single string holding a table
501 * name. If an array is given, table aliases can be specified, for example:
502 *
503 * array( 'a' => 'user' )
504 *
505 * This includes the user table in the query, with the alias "a" available
506 * for use in field names (e.g. a.user_name).
507 *
508 * All of the table names given here are automatically run through
509 * DatabaseBase::tableName(), which causes the table prefix (if any) to be
510 * added, and various other table name mappings to be performed.
511 *
512 *
513 * @param string|array $vars
514 *
515 * May be either a field name or an array of field names. The field names
516 * can be complete fragments of SQL, for direct inclusion into the SELECT
517 * query. If an array is given, field aliases can be specified, for example:
518 *
519 * array( 'maxrev' => 'MAX(rev_id)' )
520 *
521 * This includes an expression with the alias "maxrev" in the query.
522 *
523 * If an expression is given, care must be taken to ensure that it is
524 * DBMS-independent.
525 *
526 *
527 * @param string|array $conds
528 *
529 * May be either a string containing a single condition, or an array of
530 * conditions. If an array is given, the conditions constructed from each
531 * element are combined with AND.
532 *
533 * Array elements may take one of two forms:
534 *
535 * - Elements with a numeric key are interpreted as raw SQL fragments.
536 * - Elements with a string key are interpreted as equality conditions,
537 * where the key is the field name.
538 * - If the value of such an array element is a scalar (such as a
539 * string), it will be treated as data and thus quoted appropriately.
540 * If it is null, an IS NULL clause will be added.
541 * - If the value is an array, an IN (...) clause will be constructed
542 * from its non-null elements, and an IS NULL clause will be added
543 * if null is present, such that the field may match any of the
544 * elements in the array. The non-null elements will be quoted.
545 *
546 * Note that expressions are often DBMS-dependent in their syntax.
547 * DBMS-independent wrappers are provided for constructing several types of
548 * expression commonly used in condition queries. See:
549 * - DatabaseBase::buildLike()
550 * - DatabaseBase::conditional()
551 *
552 *
553 * @param string|array $options
554 *
555 * Optional: Array of query options. Boolean options are specified by
556 * including them in the array as a string value with a numeric key, for
557 * example:
558 *
559 * array( 'FOR UPDATE' )
560 *
561 * The supported options are:
562 *
563 * - OFFSET: Skip this many rows at the start of the result set. OFFSET
564 * with LIMIT can theoretically be used for paging through a result set,
565 * but this is discouraged in MediaWiki for performance reasons.
566 *
567 * - LIMIT: Integer: return at most this many rows. The rows are sorted
568 * and then the first rows are taken until the limit is reached. LIMIT
569 * is applied to a result set after OFFSET.
570 *
571 * - FOR UPDATE: Boolean: lock the returned rows so that they can't be
572 * changed until the next COMMIT.
573 *
574 * - DISTINCT: Boolean: return only unique result rows.
575 *
576 * - GROUP BY: May be either an SQL fragment string naming a field or
577 * expression to group by, or an array of such SQL fragments.
578 *
579 * - HAVING: May be either an string containing a HAVING clause or an array of
580 * conditions building the HAVING clause. If an array is given, the conditions
581 * constructed from each element are combined with AND.
582 *
583 * - ORDER BY: May be either an SQL fragment giving a field name or
584 * expression to order by, or an array of such SQL fragments.
585 *
586 * - USE INDEX: This may be either a string giving the index name to use
587 * for the query, or an array. If it is an associative array, each key
588 * gives the table name (or alias), each value gives the index name to
589 * use for that table. All strings are SQL fragments and so should be
590 * validated by the caller.
591 *
592 * - EXPLAIN: In MySQL, this causes an EXPLAIN SELECT query to be run,
593 * instead of SELECT.
594 *
595 * And also the following boolean MySQL extensions, see the MySQL manual
596 * for documentation:
597 *
598 * - LOCK IN SHARE MODE
599 * - STRAIGHT_JOIN
600 * - HIGH_PRIORITY
601 * - SQL_BIG_RESULT
602 * - SQL_BUFFER_RESULT
603 * - SQL_SMALL_RESULT
604 * - SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS
605 * - SQL_CACHE
606 * - SQL_NO_CACHE
607 *
608 *
609 * @param string|array $join_conds
610 *
611 * Optional associative array of table-specific join conditions. In the
612 * most common case, this is unnecessary, since the join condition can be
613 * in $conds. However, it is useful for doing a LEFT JOIN.
614 *
615 * The key of the array contains the table name or alias. The value is an
616 * array with two elements, numbered 0 and 1. The first gives the type of
617 * join, the second is an SQL fragment giving the join condition for that
618 * table. For example:
619 *
620 * array( 'page' => array( 'LEFT JOIN', 'page_latest=rev_id' ) )
621 *
622 * @return ResultWrapper|bool If the query returned no rows, a ResultWrapper
623 * with no rows in it will be returned. If there was a query error, a
624 * DBQueryError exception will be thrown, except if the "ignore errors"
625 * option was set, in which case false will be returned.
626 */
627 public function select(
628 $table, $vars, $conds = '', $fname = __METHOD__,
629 $options = array(), $join_conds = array()
630 );
631
632 /**
633 * The equivalent of DatabaseBase::select() except that the constructed SQL
634 * is returned, instead of being immediately executed. This can be useful for
635 * doing UNION queries, where the SQL text of each query is needed. In general,
636 * however, callers outside of Database classes should just use select().
637 *
638 * @param string|array $table Table name
639 * @param string|array $vars Field names
640 * @param string|array $conds Conditions
641 * @param string $fname Caller function name
642 * @param string|array $options Query options
643 * @param string|array $join_conds Join conditions
644 *
645 * @return string SQL query string.
646 * @see DatabaseBase::select()
647 */
648 public function selectSQLText(
649 $table, $vars, $conds = '', $fname = __METHOD__,
650 $options = array(), $join_conds = array()
651 );
652
653 /**
654 * Single row SELECT wrapper. Equivalent to DatabaseBase::select(), except
655 * that a single row object is returned. If the query returns no rows,
656 * false is returned.
657 *
658 * @param string|array $table Table name
659 * @param string|array $vars Field names
660 * @param array $conds Conditions
661 * @param string $fname Caller function name
662 * @param string|array $options Query options
663 * @param array|string $join_conds Join conditions
664 *
665 * @return stdClass|bool
666 */
667 public function selectRow( $table, $vars, $conds, $fname = __METHOD__,
668 $options = array(), $join_conds = array()
669 );
670
671 /**
672 * Estimate the number of rows in dataset
673 *
674 * MySQL allows you to estimate the number of rows that would be returned
675 * by a SELECT query, using EXPLAIN SELECT. The estimate is provided using
676 * index cardinality statistics, and is notoriously inaccurate, especially
677 * when large numbers of rows have recently been added or deleted.
678 *
679 * For DBMSs that don't support fast result size estimation, this function
680 * will actually perform the SELECT COUNT(*).
681 *
682 * Takes the same arguments as DatabaseBase::select().
683 *
684 * @param string $table Table name
685 * @param string $vars Unused
686 * @param array|string $conds Filters on the table
687 * @param string $fname Function name for profiling
688 * @param array $options Options for select
689 * @return int Row count
690 */
691 public function estimateRowCount(
692 $table, $vars = '*', $conds = '', $fname = __METHOD__, $options = array()
693 );
694
695 /**
696 * Get the number of rows in dataset
697 *
698 * This is useful when trying to do COUNT(*) but with a LIMIT for performance.
699 *
700 * Takes the same arguments as DatabaseBase::select().
701 *
702 * @param string $table Table name
703 * @param string $vars Unused
704 * @param array|string $conds Filters on the table
705 * @param string $fname Function name for profiling
706 * @param array $options Options for select
707 * @return int Row count
708 * @since 1.24
709 */
710 public function selectRowCount(
711 $table, $vars = '*', $conds = '', $fname = __METHOD__, $options = array()
712 );
713
714 /**
715 * Determines whether a field exists in a table
716 *
717 * @param string $table Table name
718 * @param string $field Filed to check on that table
719 * @param string $fname Calling function name (optional)
720 * @return bool Whether $table has filed $field
721 */
722 public function fieldExists( $table, $field, $fname = __METHOD__ );
723
724 /**
725 * Determines whether an index exists
726 * Usually throws a DBQueryError on failure
727 * If errors are explicitly ignored, returns NULL on failure
728 *
729 * @param string $table
730 * @param string $index
731 * @param string $fname
732 * @return bool|null
733 */
734 public function indexExists( $table, $index, $fname = __METHOD__ );
735
736 /**
737 * Query whether a given table exists
738 *
739 * @param string $table
740 * @param string $fname
741 * @return bool
742 */
743 public function tableExists( $table, $fname = __METHOD__ );
744
745 /**
746 * Determines if a given index is unique
747 *
748 * @param string $table
749 * @param string $index
750 *
751 * @return bool
752 */
753 public function indexUnique( $table, $index );
754
755 /**
756 * INSERT wrapper, inserts an array into a table.
757 *
758 * $a may be either:
759 *
760 * - A single associative array. The array keys are the field names, and
761 * the values are the values to insert. The values are treated as data
762 * and will be quoted appropriately. If NULL is inserted, this will be
763 * converted to a database NULL.
764 * - An array with numeric keys, holding a list of associative arrays.
765 * This causes a multi-row INSERT on DBMSs that support it. The keys in
766 * each subarray must be identical to each other, and in the same order.
767 *
768 * Usually throws a DBQueryError on failure. If errors are explicitly ignored,
769 * returns success.
770 *
771 * $options is an array of options, with boolean options encoded as values
772 * with numeric keys, in the same style as $options in
773 * DatabaseBase::select(). Supported options are:
774 *
775 * - IGNORE: Boolean: if present, duplicate key errors are ignored, and
776 * any rows which cause duplicate key errors are not inserted. It's
777 * possible to determine how many rows were successfully inserted using
778 * DatabaseBase::affectedRows().
779 *
780 * @param string $table Table name. This will be passed through
781 * DatabaseBase::tableName().
782 * @param array $a Array of rows to insert
783 * @param string $fname Calling function name (use __METHOD__) for logs/profiling
784 * @param array $options Array of options
785 *
786 * @return bool
787 */
788 public function insert( $table, $a, $fname = __METHOD__, $options = array() );
789
790 /**
791 * UPDATE wrapper. Takes a condition array and a SET array.
792 *
793 * @param string $table Name of the table to UPDATE. This will be passed through
794 * DatabaseBase::tableName().
795 * @param array $values An array of values to SET. For each array element,
796 * the key gives the field name, and the value gives the data to set
797 * that field to. The data will be quoted by DatabaseBase::addQuotes().
798 * @param array $conds An array of conditions (WHERE). See
799 * DatabaseBase::select() for the details of the format of condition
800 * arrays. Use '*' to update all rows.
801 * @param string $fname The function name of the caller (from __METHOD__),
802 * for logging and profiling.
803 * @param array $options An array of UPDATE options, can be:
804 * - IGNORE: Ignore unique key conflicts
805 * - LOW_PRIORITY: MySQL-specific, see MySQL manual.
806 * @return bool
807 */
808 public function update( $table, $values, $conds, $fname = __METHOD__, $options = array() );
809
810 /**
811 * Makes an encoded list of strings from an array
812 *
813 * @param array $a Containing the data
814 * @param int $mode Constant
815 * - LIST_COMMA: Comma separated, no field names
816 * - LIST_AND: ANDed WHERE clause (without the WHERE). See the
817 * documentation for $conds in DatabaseBase::select().
818 * - LIST_OR: ORed WHERE clause (without the WHERE)
819 * - LIST_SET: Comma separated with field names, like a SET clause
820 * - LIST_NAMES: Comma separated field names
821 * @throws MWException|DBUnexpectedError
822 * @return string
823 */
824 public function makeList( $a, $mode = LIST_COMMA );
825
826 /**
827 * Build a partial where clause from a 2-d array such as used for LinkBatch.
828 * The keys on each level may be either integers or strings.
829 *
830 * @param array $data Organized as 2-d
831 * array(baseKeyVal => array(subKeyVal => [ignored], ...), ...)
832 * @param string $baseKey Field name to match the base-level keys to (eg 'pl_namespace')
833 * @param string $subKey Field name to match the sub-level keys to (eg 'pl_title')
834 * @return string|bool SQL fragment, or false if no items in array
835 */
836 public function makeWhereFrom2d( $data, $baseKey, $subKey );
837
838 /**
839 * @param string $field
840 * @return string
841 */
842 public function bitNot( $field );
843
844 /**
845 * @param string $fieldLeft
846 * @param string $fieldRight
847 * @return string
848 */
849 public function bitAnd( $fieldLeft, $fieldRight );
850
851 /**
852 * @param string $fieldLeft
853 * @param string $fieldRight
854 * @return string
855 */
856 public function bitOr( $fieldLeft, $fieldRight );
857
858 /**
859 * Build a concatenation list to feed into a SQL query
860 * @param array $stringList List of raw SQL expressions; caller is
861 * responsible for any quoting
862 * @return string
863 */
864 public function buildConcat( $stringList );
865
866 /**
867 * Build a GROUP_CONCAT or equivalent statement for a query.
868 *
869 * This is useful for combining a field for several rows into a single string.
870 * NULL values will not appear in the output, duplicated values will appear,
871 * and the resulting delimiter-separated values have no defined sort order.
872 * Code using the results may need to use the PHP unique() or sort() methods.
873 *
874 * @param string $delim Glue to bind the results together
875 * @param string|array $table Table name
876 * @param string $field Field name
877 * @param string|array $conds Conditions
878 * @param string|array $join_conds Join conditions
879 * @return string SQL text
880 * @since 1.23
881 */
882 public function buildGroupConcatField(
883 $delim, $table, $field, $conds = '', $join_conds = array()
884 );
885
886 /**
887 * Change the current database
888 *
889 * @param string $db
890 * @return bool Success or failure
891 */
892 public function selectDB( $db );
893
894 /**
895 * Get the current DB name
896 * @return string
897 */
898 public function getDBname();
899
900 /**
901 * Get the server hostname or IP address
902 * @return string
903 */
904 public function getServer();
905
906 /**
907 * Adds quotes and backslashes.
908 *
909 * @param string|Blob $s
910 * @return string
911 */
912 public function addQuotes( $s );
913
914 /**
915 * LIKE statement wrapper, receives a variable-length argument list with
916 * parts of pattern to match containing either string literals that will be
917 * escaped or tokens returned by anyChar() or anyString(). Alternatively,
918 * the function could be provided with an array of aforementioned
919 * parameters.
920 *
921 * Example: $dbr->buildLike( 'My_page_title/', $dbr->anyString() ) returns
922 * a LIKE clause that searches for subpages of 'My page title'.
923 * Alternatively:
924 * $pattern = array( 'My_page_title/', $dbr->anyString() );
925 * $query .= $dbr->buildLike( $pattern );
926 *
927 * @since 1.16
928 * @return string Fully built LIKE statement
929 */
930 public function buildLike();
931
932 /**
933 * Returns a token for buildLike() that denotes a '_' to be used in a LIKE query
934 *
935 * @return LikeMatch
936 */
937 public function anyChar();
938
939 /**
940 * Returns a token for buildLike() that denotes a '%' to be used in a LIKE query
941 *
942 * @return LikeMatch
943 */
944 public function anyString();
945
946 /**
947 * Returns an appropriately quoted sequence value for inserting a new row.
948 * MySQL has autoincrement fields, so this is just NULL. But the PostgreSQL
949 * subclass will return an integer, and save the value for insertId()
950 *
951 * Any implementation of this function should *not* involve reusing
952 * sequence numbers created for rolled-back transactions.
953 * See http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=30767 for details.
954 * @param string $seqName
955 * @return null|int
956 */
957 public function nextSequenceValue( $seqName );
958
959 /**
960 * REPLACE query wrapper.
961 *
962 * REPLACE is a very handy MySQL extension, which functions like an INSERT
963 * except that when there is a duplicate key error, the old row is deleted
964 * and the new row is inserted in its place.
965 *
966 * We simulate this with standard SQL with a DELETE followed by INSERT. To
967 * perform the delete, we need to know what the unique indexes are so that
968 * we know how to find the conflicting rows.
969 *
970 * It may be more efficient to leave off unique indexes which are unlikely
971 * to collide. However if you do this, you run the risk of encountering
972 * errors which wouldn't have occurred in MySQL.
973 *
974 * @param string $table The table to replace the row(s) in.
975 * @param array $uniqueIndexes Is an array of indexes. Each element may be either
976 * a field name or an array of field names
977 * @param array $rows Can be either a single row to insert, or multiple rows,
978 * in the same format as for DatabaseBase::insert()
979 * @param string $fname Calling function name (use __METHOD__) for logs/profiling
980 */
981 public function replace( $table, $uniqueIndexes, $rows, $fname = __METHOD__ );
982
983 /**
984 * INSERT ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE wrapper, upserts an array into a table.
985 *
986 * This updates any conflicting rows (according to the unique indexes) using
987 * the provided SET clause and inserts any remaining (non-conflicted) rows.
988 *
989 * $rows may be either:
990 * - A single associative array. The array keys are the field names, and
991 * the values are the values to insert. The values are treated as data
992 * and will be quoted appropriately. If NULL is inserted, this will be
993 * converted to a database NULL.
994 * - An array with numeric keys, holding a list of associative arrays.
995 * This causes a multi-row INSERT on DBMSs that support it. The keys in
996 * each subarray must be identical to each other, and in the same order.
997 *
998 * It may be more efficient to leave off unique indexes which are unlikely
999 * to collide. However if you do this, you run the risk of encountering
1000 * errors which wouldn't have occurred in MySQL.
1001 *
1002 * Usually throws a DBQueryError on failure. If errors are explicitly ignored,
1003 * returns success.
1004 *
1005 * @since 1.22
1006 *
1007 * @param string $table Table name. This will be passed through DatabaseBase::tableName().
1008 * @param array $rows A single row or list of rows to insert
1009 * @param array $uniqueIndexes List of single field names or field name tuples
1010 * @param array $set An array of values to SET. For each array element, the
1011 * key gives the field name, and the value gives the data to set that
1012 * field to. The data will be quoted by DatabaseBase::addQuotes().
1013 * @param string $fname Calling function name (use __METHOD__) for logs/profiling
1014 * @throws Exception
1015 * @return bool
1016 */
1017 public function upsert(
1018 $table, array $rows, array $uniqueIndexes, array $set, $fname = __METHOD__
1019 );
1020
1021 /**
1022 * DELETE where the condition is a join.
1023 *
1024 * MySQL overrides this to use a multi-table DELETE syntax, in other databases
1025 * we use sub-selects
1026 *
1027 * For safety, an empty $conds will not delete everything. If you want to
1028 * delete all rows where the join condition matches, set $conds='*'.
1029 *
1030 * DO NOT put the join condition in $conds.
1031 *
1032 * @param string $delTable The table to delete from.
1033 * @param string $joinTable The other table.
1034 * @param string $delVar The variable to join on, in the first table.
1035 * @param string $joinVar The variable to join on, in the second table.
1036 * @param array $conds Condition array of field names mapped to variables,
1037 * ANDed together in the WHERE clause
1038 * @param string $fname Calling function name (use __METHOD__) for logs/profiling
1039 * @throws DBUnexpectedError
1040 */
1041 public function deleteJoin( $delTable, $joinTable, $delVar, $joinVar, $conds,
1042 $fname = __METHOD__
1043 );
1044
1045 /**
1046 * DELETE query wrapper.
1047 *
1048 * @param array $table Table name
1049 * @param string|array $conds Array of conditions. See $conds in DatabaseBase::select()
1050 * for the format. Use $conds == "*" to delete all rows
1051 * @param string $fname Name of the calling function
1052 * @throws DBUnexpectedError
1053 * @return bool|ResultWrapper
1054 */
1055 public function delete( $table, $conds, $fname = __METHOD__ );
1056
1057 /**
1058 * INSERT SELECT wrapper. Takes data from a SELECT query and inserts it
1059 * into another table.
1060 *
1061 * @param string $destTable The table name to insert into
1062 * @param string|array $srcTable May be either a table name, or an array of table names
1063 * to include in a join.
1064 *
1065 * @param array $varMap Must be an associative array of the form
1066 * array( 'dest1' => 'source1', ...). Source items may be literals
1067 * rather than field names, but strings should be quoted with
1068 * DatabaseBase::addQuotes()
1069 *
1070 * @param array $conds Condition array. See $conds in DatabaseBase::select() for
1071 * the details of the format of condition arrays. May be "*" to copy the
1072 * whole table.
1073 *
1074 * @param string $fname The function name of the caller, from __METHOD__
1075 *
1076 * @param array $insertOptions Options for the INSERT part of the query, see
1077 * DatabaseBase::insert() for details.
1078 * @param array $selectOptions Options for the SELECT part of the query, see
1079 * DatabaseBase::select() for details.
1080 *
1081 * @return ResultWrapper
1082 */
1083 public function insertSelect( $destTable, $srcTable, $varMap, $conds,
1084 $fname = __METHOD__,
1085 $insertOptions = array(), $selectOptions = array()
1086 );
1087
1088 /**
1089 * Returns true if current database backend supports ORDER BY or LIMIT for separate subqueries
1090 * within the UNION construct.
1091 * @return bool
1092 */
1093 public function unionSupportsOrderAndLimit();
1094
1095 /**
1096 * Construct a UNION query
1097 * This is used for providing overload point for other DB abstractions
1098 * not compatible with the MySQL syntax.
1099 * @param array $sqls SQL statements to combine
1100 * @param bool $all Use UNION ALL
1101 * @return string SQL fragment
1102 */
1103 public function unionQueries( $sqls, $all );
1104
1105 /**
1106 * Returns an SQL expression for a simple conditional. This doesn't need
1107 * to be overridden unless CASE isn't supported in your DBMS.
1108 *
1109 * @param string|array $cond SQL expression which will result in a boolean value
1110 * @param string $trueVal SQL expression to return if true
1111 * @param string $falseVal SQL expression to return if false
1112 * @return string SQL fragment
1113 */
1114 public function conditional( $cond, $trueVal, $falseVal );
1115
1116 /**
1117 * Returns a comand for str_replace function in SQL query.
1118 * Uses REPLACE() in MySQL
1119 *
1120 * @param string $orig Column to modify
1121 * @param string $old Column to seek
1122 * @param string $new Column to replace with
1123 *
1124 * @return string
1125 */
1126 public function strreplace( $orig, $old, $new );
1127
1128 /**
1129 * Determines how long the server has been up
1130 * STUB
1131 *
1132 * @return int
1133 */
1134 public function getServerUptime();
1135
1136 /**
1137 * Determines if the last failure was due to a deadlock
1138 * STUB
1139 *
1140 * @return bool
1141 */
1142 public function wasDeadlock();
1143
1144 /**
1145 * Determines if the last failure was due to a lock timeout
1146 * STUB
1147 *
1148 * @return bool
1149 */
1150 public function wasLockTimeout();
1151
1152 /**
1153 * Determines if the last query error was something that should be dealt
1154 * with by pinging the connection and reissuing the query.
1155 * STUB
1156 *
1157 * @return bool
1158 */
1159 public function wasErrorReissuable();
1160
1161 /**
1162 * Determines if the last failure was due to the database being read-only.
1163 * STUB
1164 *
1165 * @return bool
1166 */
1167 public function wasReadOnlyError();
1168
1169 /**
1170 * Wait for the slave to catch up to a given master position.
1171 *
1172 * @param DBMasterPos $pos
1173 * @param int $timeout The maximum number of seconds to wait for
1174 * synchronisation
1175 * @return int Zero if the slave was past that position already,
1176 * greater than zero if we waited for some period of time, less than
1177 * zero if we timed out.
1178 */
1179 public function masterPosWait( DBMasterPos $pos, $timeout );
1180
1181 /**
1182 * Get the replication position of this slave
1183 *
1184 * @return DBMasterPos|bool False if this is not a slave.
1185 */
1186 public function getSlavePos();
1187
1188 /**
1189 * Get the position of this master
1190 *
1191 * @return DBMasterPos|bool False if this is not a master
1192 */
1193 public function getMasterPos();
1194
1195 /**
1196 * Run an anonymous function as soon as there is no transaction pending.
1197 * If there is a transaction and it is rolled back, then the callback is cancelled.
1198 * Queries in the function will run in AUTO-COMMIT mode unless there are begin() calls.
1199 * Callbacks must commit any transactions that they begin.
1200 *
1201 * This is useful for updates to different systems or when separate transactions are needed.
1202 * For example, one might want to enqueue jobs into a system outside the database, but only
1203 * after the database is updated so that the jobs will see the data when they actually run.
1204 * It can also be used for updates that easily cause deadlocks if locks are held too long.
1205 *
1206 * @param callable $callback
1207 * @since 1.20
1208 */
1209 public function onTransactionIdle( $callback );
1210
1211 /**
1212 * Run an anonymous function before the current transaction commits or now if there is none.
1213 * If there is a transaction and it is rolled back, then the callback is cancelled.
1214 * Callbacks must not start nor commit any transactions.
1215 *
1216 * This is useful for updates that easily cause deadlocks if locks are held too long
1217 * but where atomicity is strongly desired for these updates and some related updates.
1218 *
1219 * @param callable $callback
1220 * @since 1.22
1221 */
1222 public function onTransactionPreCommitOrIdle( $callback );
1223
1224 /**
1225 * Begin an atomic section of statements
1226 *
1227 * If a transaction has been started already, just keep track of the given
1228 * section name to make sure the transaction is not committed pre-maturely.
1229 * This function can be used in layers (with sub-sections), so use a stack
1230 * to keep track of the different atomic sections. If there is no transaction,
1231 * start one implicitly.
1232 *
1233 * The goal of this function is to create an atomic section of SQL queries
1234 * without having to start a new transaction if it already exists.
1235 *
1236 * Atomic sections are more strict than transactions. With transactions,
1237 * attempting to begin a new transaction when one is already running results
1238 * in MediaWiki issuing a brief warning and doing an implicit commit. All
1239 * atomic levels *must* be explicitly closed using DatabaseBase::endAtomic(),
1240 * and any database transactions cannot be began or committed until all atomic
1241 * levels are closed. There is no such thing as implicitly opening or closing
1242 * an atomic section.
1243 *
1244 * @since 1.23
1245 * @param string $fname
1246 * @throws DBError
1247 */
1248 public function startAtomic( $fname = __METHOD__ );
1249
1250 /**
1251 * Ends an atomic section of SQL statements
1252 *
1253 * Ends the next section of atomic SQL statements and commits the transaction
1254 * if necessary.
1255 *
1256 * @since 1.23
1257 * @see DatabaseBase::startAtomic
1258 * @param string $fname
1259 * @throws DBError
1260 */
1261 public function endAtomic( $fname = __METHOD__ );
1262
1263 /**
1264 * Begin a transaction. If a transaction is already in progress,
1265 * that transaction will be committed before the new transaction is started.
1266 *
1267 * Note that when the DBO_TRX flag is set (which is usually the case for web
1268 * requests, but not for maintenance scripts), any previous database query
1269 * will have started a transaction automatically.
1270 *
1271 * Nesting of transactions is not supported. Attempts to nest transactions
1272 * will cause a warning, unless the current transaction was started
1273 * automatically because of the DBO_TRX flag.
1274 *
1275 * @param string $fname
1276 * @throws DBError
1277 */
1278 public function begin( $fname = __METHOD__ );
1279
1280 /**
1281 * Commits a transaction previously started using begin().
1282 * If no transaction is in progress, a warning is issued.
1283 *
1284 * Nesting of transactions is not supported.
1285 *
1286 * @param string $fname
1287 * @param string $flush Flush flag, set to 'flush' to disable warnings about
1288 * explicitly committing implicit transactions, or calling commit when no
1289 * transaction is in progress. This will silently break any ongoing
1290 * explicit transaction. Only set the flush flag if you are sure that it
1291 * is safe to ignore these warnings in your context.
1292 * @throws DBUnexpectedError
1293 */
1294 public function commit( $fname = __METHOD__, $flush = '' );
1295
1296 /**
1297 * Rollback a transaction previously started using begin().
1298 * If no transaction is in progress, a warning is issued.
1299 *
1300 * No-op on non-transactional databases.
1301 *
1302 * @param string $fname
1303 * @param string $flush Flush flag, set to 'flush' to disable warnings about
1304 * calling rollback when no transaction is in progress. This will silently
1305 * break any ongoing explicit transaction. Only set the flush flag if you
1306 * are sure that it is safe to ignore these warnings in your context.
1307 * @throws DBUnexpectedError
1308 * @since 1.23 Added $flush parameter
1309 */
1310 public function rollback( $fname = __METHOD__, $flush = '' );
1311
1312 /**
1313 * List all tables on the database
1314 *
1315 * @param string $prefix Only show tables with this prefix, e.g. mw_
1316 * @param string $fname Calling function name
1317 * @throws MWException
1318 * @return array
1319 */
1320 public function listTables( $prefix = null, $fname = __METHOD__ );
1321
1322 /**
1323 * Convert a timestamp in one of the formats accepted by wfTimestamp()
1324 * to the format used for inserting into timestamp fields in this DBMS.
1325 *
1326 * The result is unquoted, and needs to be passed through addQuotes()
1327 * before it can be included in raw SQL.
1328 *
1329 * @param string|int $ts
1330 *
1331 * @return string
1332 */
1333 public function timestamp( $ts = 0 );
1334
1335 /**
1336 * Convert a timestamp in one of the formats accepted by wfTimestamp()
1337 * to the format used for inserting into timestamp fields in this DBMS. If
1338 * NULL is input, it is passed through, allowing NULL values to be inserted
1339 * into timestamp fields.
1340 *
1341 * The result is unquoted, and needs to be passed through addQuotes()
1342 * before it can be included in raw SQL.
1343 *
1344 * @param string|int $ts
1345 *
1346 * @return string
1347 */
1348 public function timestampOrNull( $ts = null );
1349
1350 /**
1351 * Take the result from a query, and wrap it in a ResultWrapper if
1352 * necessary. Boolean values are passed through as is, to indicate success
1353 * of write queries or failure.
1354 *
1355 * Once upon a time, DatabaseBase::query() returned a bare MySQL result
1356 * resource, and it was necessary to call this function to convert it to
1357 * a wrapper. Nowadays, raw database objects are never exposed to external
1358 * callers, so this is unnecessary in external code. For compatibility with
1359 * old code, ResultWrapper objects are passed through unaltered.
1360 *
1361 * @param bool|ResultWrapper|resource $result
1362 * @return bool|ResultWrapper
1363 */
1364 public function resultObject( $result );
1365
1366 /**
1367 * Ping the server and try to reconnect if it there is no connection
1368 *
1369 * @return bool Success or failure
1370 */
1371 public function ping();
1372
1373 /**
1374 * Get slave lag. Currently supported only by MySQL.
1375 *
1376 * Note that this function will generate a fatal error on many
1377 * installations. Most callers should use LoadBalancer::safeGetLag()
1378 * instead.
1379 *
1380 * @return int Database replication lag in seconds
1381 */
1382 public function getLag();
1383
1384 /**
1385 * Return the maximum number of items allowed in a list, or 0 for unlimited.
1386 *
1387 * @return int
1388 */
1389 public function maxListLen();
1390
1391 /**
1392 * Some DBMSs have a special format for inserting into blob fields, they
1393 * don't allow simple quoted strings to be inserted. To insert into such
1394 * a field, pass the data through this function before passing it to
1395 * DatabaseBase::insert().
1396 *
1397 * @param string $b
1398 * @return string
1399 */
1400 public function encodeBlob( $b );
1401
1402 /**
1403 * Some DBMSs return a special placeholder object representing blob fields
1404 * in result objects. Pass the object through this function to return the
1405 * original string.
1406 *
1407 * @param string|Blob $b
1408 * @return string
1409 */
1410 public function decodeBlob( $b );
1411
1412 /**
1413 * Override database's default behavior. $options include:
1414 * 'connTimeout' : Set the connection timeout value in seconds.
1415 * May be useful for very long batch queries such as
1416 * full-wiki dumps, where a single query reads out over
1417 * hours or days.
1418 *
1419 * @param array $options
1420 * @return void
1421 */
1422 public function setSessionOptions( array $options );
1423
1424 /**
1425 * Set variables to be used in sourceFile/sourceStream, in preference to the
1426 * ones in $GLOBALS. If an array is set here, $GLOBALS will not be used at
1427 * all. If it's set to false, $GLOBALS will be used.
1428 *
1429 * @param bool|array $vars Mapping variable name to value.
1430 */
1431 public function setSchemaVars( $vars );
1432
1433 /**
1434 * Check to see if a named lock is available (non-blocking)
1435 *
1436 * @param string $lockName Name of lock to poll
1437 * @param string $method Name of method calling us
1438 * @return bool
1439 * @since 1.20
1440 */
1441 public function lockIsFree( $lockName, $method );
1442
1443 /**
1444 * Acquire a named lock
1445 *
1446 * Named locks are not related to transactions
1447 *
1448 * @param string $lockName Name of lock to aquire
1449 * @param string $method Name of method calling us
1450 * @param int $timeout
1451 * @return bool
1452 */
1453 public function lock( $lockName, $method, $timeout = 5 );
1454
1455 /**
1456 * Release a lock
1457 *
1458 * Named locks are not related to transactions
1459 *
1460 * @param string $lockName Name of lock to release
1461 * @param string $method Name of method calling us
1462 *
1463 * @return int Returns 1 if the lock was released, 0 if the lock was not established
1464 * by this thread (in which case the lock is not released), and NULL if the named
1465 * lock did not exist
1466 */
1467 public function unlock( $lockName, $method );
1468
1469 /**
1470 * Check to see if a named lock used by lock() use blocking queues
1471 *
1472 * @return bool
1473 * @since 1.26
1474 */
1475 public function namedLocksEnqueue();
1476
1477 /**
1478 * Find out when 'infinity' is. Most DBMSes support this. This is a special
1479 * keyword for timestamps in PostgreSQL, and works with CHAR(14) as well
1480 * because "i" sorts after all numbers.
1481 *
1482 * @return string
1483 */
1484 public function getInfinity();
1485
1486 /**
1487 * Encode an expiry time into the DBMS dependent format
1488 *
1489 * @param string $expiry Timestamp for expiry, or the 'infinity' string
1490 * @return string
1491 */
1492 public function encodeExpiry( $expiry );
1493
1494 /**
1495 * Decode an expiry time into a DBMS independent format
1496 *
1497 * @param string $expiry DB timestamp field value for expiry
1498 * @param int $format TS_* constant, defaults to TS_MW
1499 * @return string
1500 */
1501 public function decodeExpiry( $expiry, $format = TS_MW );
1502
1503 /**
1504 * Allow or deny "big selects" for this session only. This is done by setting
1505 * the sql_big_selects session variable.
1506 *
1507 * This is a MySQL-specific feature.
1508 *
1509 * @param bool|string $value True for allow, false for deny, or "default" to
1510 * restore the initial value
1511 */
1512 public function setBigSelects( $value = true );
1513 }