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A new release of SQL_AL.PHP is now available for download, with support for Frontbase SQL included. The documentation has also been updated to reflect the new support and changes made to incorporate Frontbase.

Rather than releasing a buggy alpha over the weekend, SQL_AL.PHP v1.1 has been released after some intense debugging. This release includes support for transactions, support for both Firebird 1.0 and Borland Interbase 6.5 or above, and some expanded support for additional SQL functions.

SQL_AL.PHP vserion 1.1a will be released Saturday, with support for Transactions and newly added support for Interbase.

The documentation of the SQL_AL.PHP library has been completed. All functions have been documented and a basic usage description is included as well.

Several fixes and optimizations have been included into version 1.01. Users who deploy SQL_AL.PHP with Microsoft SQL or Oracle are urged to upgrade immediately. Changes include:

- Documentation completed with all functions and usage.
- Fixed bug with implementation of mssql_fetch_row (statement to fetch a row completely missing).
- Fixed lack of support for OCI8 in functions sql_free_result(), sql_logoff().
- Streamlined the returning of results in most functions (removed a total of 13 lines from length of SQL_AL.PHP). Now, one statement included for the returning of the result of the function. Some exceptions exist:
* sql_operator - Current implementation of the function will not allow a common result. It appears to be more practical to keep each operator separately returning a result.
* Additionally, some functions have included statements to return FALSE under certain circumstances.
- Enhanced the readability of SQL_AL.PHP by placing the functions in order as they appear above.

Documentation of the SQL_AL.PHP library is being prepared and should be available by Feb. 15.

SQL_AL.PHP™ 1.0 was released by YTZ Technical Services, LLC. on January 27, 2003. SQL_AL.PHP is a PHP library providing a single API to multiple database systems.