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Php Mysql Basics

Subject : it-skills

Instructions:

Answer 40 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Returns MySQL protocol info
mysql_query()
mysql_get_proto_info()
mysql_num_rows()
mysql_fetch_assoc()

2. Returns the current thread ID
mysql_thread_id()
mysql_db_name()
mysql_fetch_row()
mysql_affected_rows()

3. Opens a persistent MySQL connection
mysql_fetch_assoc()
mysql_pconnect()
mysql_fetch_field()
mysql_unbuffered_query()

4. Returns information about the last query
mysql_info()
mysql_query()
mysql_free_result()
mysql_get_client_info()

5. Executes a query on a MySQL database (without fetching / buffering the result)
mysql_unbuffered_query()
mysql_real_escape_string()
mysql_pconnect()
mysql_fetch_field()

6. Returns a row from a recordset as an object
mysql_field_len()
mysql_pconnect()
mysql_select_db()
mysql_fetch_object()

7. Free result memory
mysql_free_result()
mysql_select_db()
mysql_info()
mysql_list_dbs()

8. Executes a query on a MySQL database
mysql_field_flags()
mysql_info()
mysql_query()
mysql_field_name()

9. Returns the AUTO_INCREMENT ID generated from the previous INSERT operation
mysql_insert_id()
mysql_real_escape_string()
mysql_close()
mysql_pconnect()

10. Returns the name of the character set for the current connection
mysql_ping()
mysql_fetch_field()
mysql_close()
mysql_client_encoding()

11. Returns the name of the table the specified field is in
mysql_fetch_lengths()
mysql_field_table()
mysql_query()
mysql_affected_rows()

12. Moves the record pointer
mysql_affected_rows()
mysql_data_seek()
mysql_field_flags()
mysql_fetch_object()

13. Returns the current system status of the MySQL server
mysql_free_result()
mysql_field_name()
mysql_fetch_array()
mysql_stat()

14. Returns the name of a field in a recordset
mysql_field_name()
mysql_field_flags()
mysql_error()
mysql_get_proto_info()

15. Returns MySQL server info
mysql_connect()
mysql_error()
mysql_get_server_info()
mysql_field_seek()

16. Lists MySQL processes
mysql_list_processes()
mysql_num_fields()
mysql_unbuffered_query()
mysql_close()

17. Closes a non-persistent MySQL connection
mysql_field_name()
mysql_field_len()
mysql_close()
mysql_unbuffered_query()

18. Returns the number of rows in a recordset
mysql_fetch_assoc()
mysql_num_rows()
mysql_list_processes()
mysql_get_proto_info()

19. Returns MySQL client info
mysql_num_fields()
mysql_client_encoding()
mysql_get_client_info()
mysql_real_escape_string()

20. Returns the error description of the last MySQL operation
mysql_fetch_lengths()
mysql_field_len()
mysql_error()
mysql_num_rows()

21. Escapes a string for use in SQL statements
mysql_get_client_info()
mysql_real_escape_string()
mysql_list_dbs()
mysql_db_name()

22. Moves the result pointer to a specified field
mysql_fetch_assoc()
mysql_field_seek()
mysql_insert_id()
mysql_fetch_object()

23. Opens a non-persistent MySQL connection
mysql_select_db()
mysql_connect()
mysql_field_type()
mysql_field_table()

24. Sets the active MySQL database
mysql_affected_rows()
mysql_connect()
mysql_select_db()
mysql_stat()

25. Returns the number of affected rows in the previous MySQL operation
mysql_field_name()
mysql_ping()
mysql_affected_rows()
mysql_result()

26. Returns a row from a recordset as an associative array
mysql_stat()
mysql_fetch_assoc()
mysql_error()
mysql_field_table()

27. Returns the length of the contents of each field in a result row
mysql_free_result()
mysql_fetch_lengths()
mysql_client_encoding()
mysql_get_server_info()

28. Returns a row from a recordset as a numeric array
mysql_fetch_row()
mysql_fetch_assoc()
mysql_fetch_lengths()
mysql_result()

29. Returns column info from a recordset as an object
mysql_fetch_field()
mysql_field_flags()
mysql_pconnect()
mysql_db_name()

30. Returns the number of fields in a recordset
mysql_thread_id()
mysql_query()
mysql_client_encoding()
mysql_num_fields()

31. Returns the type of a field in a recordset
mysql_field_type()
mysql_error()
mysql_real_escape_string()
mysql_db_name()

32. Returns the value of a field in a recordset
mysql_db_name()
mysql_fetch_field()
mysql_result()
mysql_field_table()

33. Returns a row from a recordset as an associative array and/or a numeric array
mysql_field_name()
mysql_query()
mysql_result()
mysql_fetch_array()

34. Lists available databases on a MySQL server
mysql_error()
mysql_query()
mysql_list_dbs()
mysql_get_server_info()

35. Returns the maximum length of a field in a recordset
mysql_field_len()
mysql_data_seek()
mysql_fetch_array()
mysql_real_escape_string()

36. Returns the error number of the last MySQL operation
mysql_errno()
mysql_ping()
mysql_fetch_field()
mysql_get_server_info()

37. Pings a server connection or reconnects if there is no connection
mysql_get_proto_info()
mysql_ping()
mysql_pconnect()
mysql_field_type()

38. Returns MySQL host info
mysql_list_processes()
mysql_error()
mysql_get_host_info()
mysql_field_type()

39. Returns a database name from a call to mysql_list_dbs()
mysql_fetch_object()
mysql_field_table()
mysql_num_fields()
mysql_db_name()

40. Returns the flags associated with a field in a recordset
mysql_field_flags()
mysql_num_fields()
mysql_fetch_lengths()
mysql_thread_id()