From f2bd1768ff6c2964eaf5e4a7715c4b33c8f0ac2e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Meet Bhagdev Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2016 18:16:35 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md --- README.md | 13 ++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 90c7b09a..c91695f1 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -8,6 +8,14 @@ This preview contains the SQLSRV driver for 32-bit PHP 7 with limitations (see L The Microsoft Drivers for PHP for SQL Server Team +##Announcements + +Feb 23, 2016: Thanks to the community’s input, we have mostly been focusing on making updates to support native 64-bit and the PDO driver. We will be sharing these updates in the coming weeks once we have something functional. In the meantime, we have a couple of minor updates to the SQLSRV driver to share: +- Fixed the ability to bind parameters with datetime types +- Fixed output and bidirectional (input/output) parameters. Note to users: we determined that output and bidirectional parameters now need to be passed in by reference (i.e. &$var) so that they can be updated with the output data and added an error check for these cases. +- Updated refcounting to avoid unnecessary reference counting for scalar values + + ## Build Note: if you prefer, you can use the pre-compiled binary found [HERE](https://github.com/Azure/msphpsql/releases/tag/v4.0.0) @@ -48,7 +56,7 @@ This software has been compiled and tested under PHP 7.0.2 using the Visual C++ ## Sample Code For samples, please see the sample folder. For setup instructions, see [here] [phpazure] -## Changes and Limitations +## Limitations This preview contains the 32-bit port for PHP 7 of the SQLSRV driver. The focus was on basic functionality. The following items are not supported: @@ -58,8 +66,7 @@ This preview contains the 32-bit port for PHP 7 of the SQLSRV driver. The focus - Retrieving stream data and metadata - Retrieving some varchar, nvarchar, ntext, binary, varbinary, uniqueidentifier, datetime, smalldatetime, and timestamp fields - Handle UTF8 strings -- Bind parameters with datetime types, streams, and arrays within arrays without references -- Retrieve SQLTYPE_VARCHAR as an output parameter +- Retrieve strings as an output parameter - Fetch a user defined object into a class And some aspects of the following items need improvement: