sqlsrv_native_moodle_database.php

<?php

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/**
 * Native sqlsrv class representing moodle database interface.
 *
 * @package    core
 * @subpackage dml
 * @copyright  2009 onwards Eloy Lafuente (stronk7) {@link http://stronk7.com}
 * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v2 or later
 */

defined('MOODLE_INTERNAL') || die();

require_once($CFG->libdir.'/dml/moodle_database.php');
require_once($CFG->libdir.'/dml/sqlsrv_native_moodle_recordset.php');
require_once($CFG->libdir.'/dml/sqlsrv_native_moodle_temptables.php');

/**
 * Native sqlsrv class representing moodle database interface.
 */
class sqlsrv_native_moodle_database extends moodle_database {

    protected $sqlsrv = null;
    protected $last_error_reporting; // To handle SQL*Server-Native driver default verbosity
    protected $temptables; // Control existing temptables (sqlsrv_moodle_temptables object)
    protected $collation;  // current DB collation cache

    /**
     * Constructor - instantiates the database, specifying if it's external (connect to other systems) or no (Moodle DB)
     *              note this has effect to decide if prefix checks must be performed or no
     * @param bool true means external database used
     */
    public function __construct($external=false) {
        parent::__construct($external);
    }

    /**
     * Detects if all needed PHP stuff installed.
     * Note: can be used before connect()
     * @return mixed true if ok, string if something
     */
    public function driver_installed() {
        // use 'function_exists()' rather than 'extension_loaded()' because
        // the name used by 'extension_loaded()' is case specific! The extension
        // therefore *could be* mixed case and hence not found.
        if (!function_exists('sqlsrv_num_rows')) {
            return get_string('sqlsrvextensionisnotpresentinphp', 'install');
        }
        return true;
    }

    /**
     * Returns database family type - describes SQL dialect
     * Note: can be used before connect()
     * @return string db family name (mysql, postgres, mssql, sqlsrv, oracle, etc.)
     */
    public function get_dbfamily() {
        return 'mssql';
    }

   /**
     * Returns more specific database driver type
     * Note: can be used before connect()
     * @return string db type mysqli, pgsql, oci, mssql, sqlsrv
     */
    protected function get_dbtype() {
        return 'sqlsrv';
    }

   /**
     * Returns general database library name
     * Note: can be used before connect()
     * @return string db type pdo, native
     */
    protected function get_dblibrary() {
        return 'native';
    }

    /**
     * Returns localised database type name
     * Note: can be used before connect()
     * @return string
     */
    public function get_name() {
        return get_string('nativesqlsrv', 'install');
    }

    /**
     * Returns localised database configuration help.
     * Note: can be used before connect()
     * @return string
     */
    public function get_configuration_help() {
        return get_string('nativesqlsrvhelp', 'install');
    }

    /**
     * Returns localised database description
     * Note: can be used before connect()
     * @return string
     */
    public function get_configuration_hints() {
        $str = get_string('databasesettingssub_sqlsrv', 'install');
        $str .= "<p style='text-align:right'><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" ";
        $str .= "onclick=\"return window.open('http://docs.moodle.org/en/Installing_sqlsrv_for_PHP')\"";
        $str .= ">";
        $str .= '<img src="pix/docs.gif'.'" alt="Docs" class="iconhelp" />';
        $str .= get_string('moodledocslink', 'install').'</a></p>';
        return $str;
    }

    /**
     * Connect to db
     * Must be called before other methods.
     * @param string $dbhost
     * @param string $dbuser
     * @param string $dbpass
     * @param string $dbname
     * @param mixed $prefix string means moodle db prefix, false used for external databases where prefix not used
     * @param array $dboptions driver specific options
     * @return bool true
     * @throws dml_connection_exception if error
     */
    public function connect($dbhost, $dbuser, $dbpass, $dbname, $prefix, array $dboptions=null) {
        $driverstatus = $this->driver_installed();

        if ($driverstatus !== true) {
            throw new dml_exception('dbdriverproblem', $driverstatus);
        }

        /*
         * Log all Errors.
         */
        sqlsrv_configure("WarningsReturnAsErrors", FALSE);
        sqlsrv_configure("LogSubsystems", SQLSRV_LOG_SYSTEM_ALL);
        sqlsrv_configure("LogSeverity", SQLSRV_LOG_SEVERITY_ERROR);

        $this->store_settings($dbhost, $dbuser, $dbpass, $dbname, $prefix, $dboptions);
        $this->sqlsrv = sqlsrv_connect($this->dbhost, array
         (
          'UID' => $this->dbuser,
          'PWD' => $this->dbpass,
          'Database' => $this->dbname,
          'CharacterSet' => 'UTF-8',
          'MultipleActiveResultSets' => true,
          'ConnectionPooling' => !empty($this->dboptions['dbpersist']),
          'ReturnDatesAsStrings' => true,
         ));

        if ($this->sqlsrv === false) {
            $this->sqlsrv = null;
            $dberr = $this->get_last_error();

            throw new dml_connection_exception($dberr);
        }

        // Allow quoted identifiers
        $sql = "SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON";
        $this->query_start($sql, null, SQL_QUERY_AUX);
        $result = sqlsrv_query($this->sqlsrv, $sql);
        $this->query_end($result);

        $this->free_result($result);

        // Force ANSI nulls so the NULL check was done by IS NULL and NOT IS NULL
        // instead of equal(=) and distinct(<>) symbols
        $sql = "SET ANSI_NULLS ON";
        $this->query_start($sql, null, SQL_QUERY_AUX);
        $result = sqlsrv_query($this->sqlsrv, $sql);
        $this->query_end($result);

        $this->free_result($result);

        // Force ANSI warnings so arithmetic/string overflows will be
        // returning error instead of transparently truncating data
        $sql = "SET ANSI_WARNINGS ON";
        $this->query_start($sql, null, SQL_QUERY_AUX);
        $result = sqlsrv_query($this->sqlsrv, $sql);
        $this->query_end($result);

        // Concatenating null with anything MUST return NULL
        $sql = "SET CONCAT_NULL_YIELDS_NULL  ON";
        $this->query_start($sql, null, SQL_QUERY_AUX);
        $result = sqlsrv_query($this->sqlsrv, $sql);
        $this->query_end($result);

        $this->free_result($result);

        // Set transactions isolation level to READ_COMMITTED
        // prevents dirty reads when using transactions +
        // is the default isolation level of sqlsrv
        $sql = "SET TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL READ COMMITTED";
        $this->query_start($sql, NULL, SQL_QUERY_AUX);
        $result = sqlsrv_query($this->sqlsrv, $sql);
        $this->query_end($result);

        $this->free_result($result);

        // Connection established and configured, going to instantiate the temptables controller
        $this->temptables = new sqlsrv_native_moodle_temptables($this);

        return true;
    }

    /**
     * Close database connection and release all resources
     * and memory (especially circular memory references).
     * Do NOT use connect() again, create a new instance if needed.
     */
    public function dispose() {
        parent::dispose(); // Call parent dispose to write/close session and other common stuff before closing connection

        if ($this->sqlsrv) {
            sqlsrv_close($this->sqlsrv);
            $this->sqlsrv = null;
        }
    }

    /**
     * Called before each db query.
     * @param string $sql
     * @param array array of parameters
     * @param int $type type of query
     * @param mixed $extrainfo driver specific extra information
     * @return void
     */
    protected function query_start($sql, array $params = null, $type, $extrainfo = null) {
        parent::query_start($sql, $params, $type, $extrainfo);
    }

    /**
     * Called immediately after each db query.
     * @param mixed db specific result
     * @return void
     */
    protected function query_end($result) {
        parent::query_end($result);
    }

    /**
     * Returns database server info array
     * @return array
     */
    public function get_server_info() {
        static $info;

        if (!$info) {
            $server_info = sqlsrv_server_info($this->sqlsrv);

            if ($server_info) {
                $info['description'] = $server_info['SQLServerName'];
                $info['version'] = $server_info['SQLServerVersion'];
                $info['database'] = $server_info['CurrentDatabase'];
            }
        }
        return $info;
    }

    /**
     * Get the minimum SQL allowed
     *
     * @param mixed $version
     * @return mixed
     */
    protected function is_min_version($version) {
        $server = $this->get_server_info();
        $server = $server['version'];
        return version_compare($server, $version, '>=');
    }

    /**
     * Override: Converts short table name {tablename} to real table name
     * supporting temp tables (#) if detected
     *
     * @param string sql
     * @return string sql
     */
    protected function fix_table_names($sql) {
        if (preg_match_all('/\{([a-z][a-z0-9_]*)\}/i', $sql, $matches)) {
            foreach ($matches[0] as $key => $match) {
                $name = $matches[1][$key];

                if ($this->temptables->is_temptable($name)) {
                    $sql = str_replace($match, $this->temptables->get_correct_name($name), $sql);
                } else {
                    $sql = str_replace($match, $this->prefix.$name, $sql);
                }
            }
        }
        return $sql;
    }

    /**
     * Returns supported query parameter types
     * @return int bitmask
     */
    protected function allowed_param_types() {
        return SQL_PARAMS_QM;  // sqlsrv 1.1 can bind
    }

    /**
     * Returns last error reported by database engine.
     * @return string error message
     */
    public function get_last_error() {
        $retErrors = sqlsrv_errors(SQLSRV_ERR_ALL);
        $errorMessage = 'No errors found';

        if ($retErrors != null) {
            $errorMessage = '';

            foreach ($retErrors as $arrError) {
                $errorMessage .= "SQLState: ".$arrError['SQLSTATE']."<br>\n";
                $errorMessage .= "Error Code: ".$arrError['code']."<br>\n";
                $errorMessage .= "Message: ".$arrError['message']."<br>\n";
            }
        }

        return $errorMessage;
    }

    /***
     * Bound variables *are* supported. Until I can get it to work, emulate the bindings
     * The challenge/problem/bug is that although they work, doing a SELECT SCOPE_IDENTITY()
     * doesn't return a value (no result set)
     */

    /**
     * Prepare the query binding and do the actual query.
     *
     * @param string $sql The sql statement
     * @param mixed $params array of params for binding. If NULL, they are ignored.
     * @param mixed $sql_query_type - Type of operation
     * @param mixed $free_result - Default true, transaction query will be freed.
     */
    private function do_query($sql, $params, $sql_query_type, $free_result = true) {
        list($sql, $params, $type) = $this->fix_sql_params($sql, $params);

        $sql = $this->emulate_bound_params($sql, $params);
        $this->query_start($sql, $params, $sql_query_type);
        $result = sqlsrv_query($this->sqlsrv, $sql);

        if ($result === false) {
            // TODO do something with error or just use if DEV or DEBUG?
            $dberr = $this->get_last_error();
        }

        $this->query_end($result);

        if ($free_result) {
            $this->free_result($result);
            return true;
        }
        return $result;
    }

    /**
     * Return tables in database WITHOUT current prefix
     * @return array of table names in lowercase and without prefix
     */
    public function get_tables($usecache = true) {
        if ($usecache and count($this->tables) > 0) {
            return $this->tables;
        }
        $this->tables = array ();
        $prefix = str_replace('_', '\\_', $this->prefix);
        $sql = "SELECT table_name
                  FROM information_schema.tables
                 WHERE table_name LIKE '$prefix%' ESCAPE '\\' AND table_type = 'BASE TABLE'";

        $this->query_start($sql, null, SQL_QUERY_AUX);
        $result = sqlsrv_query($this->sqlsrv, $sql);
        $this->query_end($result);

        if ($result) {
            while ($row = sqlsrv_fetch_array($result)) {
                $tablename = reset($row);
                if (strpos($tablename, $this->prefix) !== 0) {
                    continue;
                }
                $tablename = substr($tablename, strlen($this->prefix));
                $this->tables[$tablename] = $tablename;
            }
            $this->free_result($result);
        }

        // Add the currently available temptables
        $this->tables = array_merge($this->tables, $this->temptables->get_temptables());
        return $this->tables;
    }

    /**
     * Return table indexes - everything lowercased
     * @return array of arrays
     */
    public function get_indexes($table) {
        $indexes = array ();
        $tablename = $this->prefix.$table;

        // Indexes aren't covered by information_schema metatables, so we need to
        // go to sys ones. Skipping primary key indexes on purpose.
        $sql = "SELECT i.name AS index_name, i.is_unique, ic.index_column_id, c.name AS column_name
                  FROM sys.indexes i
                  JOIN sys.index_columns ic ON i.object_id = ic.object_id AND i.index_id = ic.index_id
                  JOIN sys.columns c ON ic.object_id = c.object_id AND ic.column_id = c.column_id
                  JOIN sys.tables t ON i.object_id = t.object_id
                 WHERE t.name = '$tablename' AND i.is_primary_key = 0
              ORDER BY i.name, i.index_id, ic.index_column_id";

        $this->query_start($sql, null, SQL_QUERY_AUX);
        $result = sqlsrv_query($this->sqlsrv, $sql);
        $this->query_end($result);

        if ($result) {
            $lastindex = '';
            $unique = false;
            $columns = array ();

            while ($row = sqlsrv_fetch_array($result, SQLSRV_FETCH_ASSOC)) {
                if ($lastindex and $lastindex != $row['index_name'])
                    { // Save lastindex to $indexes and reset info
                    $indexes[$lastindex] = array
                     (
                      'unique' => $unique,
                      'columns' => $columns
                     );

                    $unique = false;
                    $columns = array ();
                }
                $lastindex = $row['index_name'];
                $unique = empty($row['is_unique']) ? false : true;
                $columns[] = $row['column_name'];
            }

            if ($lastindex) { // Add the last one if exists
                $indexes[$lastindex] = array
                 (
                  'unique' => $unique,
                  'columns' => $columns
                 );
            }

            $this->free_result($result);
        }
        return $indexes;
    }

    /**
     * Returns detailed information about columns in table. This information is cached internally.
     * @param string $table name
     * @param bool $usecache
     * @return array array of database_column_info objects indexed with column names
     */
    public function get_columns($table, $usecache = true) {
        if ($usecache and isset($this->columns[$table])) {
            return $this->columns[$table];
        }

        $this->columns[$table] = array ();

        if (!$this->temptables->is_temptable($table)) { // normal table, get metadata from own schema
            $sql = "SELECT column_name AS name,
                           data_type AS type,
                           numeric_precision AS max_length,
                           character_maximum_length AS char_max_length,
                           numeric_scale AS scale,
                           is_nullable AS is_nullable,
                           columnproperty(object_id(quotename(table_schema) + '.' + quotename(table_name)), column_name, 'IsIdentity') AS auto_increment,
                           column_default AS default_value
                      FROM information_schema.columns
                     WHERE table_name = '{".$table."}'
                  ORDER BY ordinal_position";
        } else { // temp table, get metadata from tempdb schema
            $sql = "SELECT column_name AS name,
                           data_type AS type,
                           numeric_precision AS max_length,
                           character_maximum_length AS char_max_length,
                           numeric_scale AS scale,
                           is_nullable AS is_nullable,
                           columnproperty(object_id(quotename(table_schema) + '.' + quotename(table_name)), column_name, 'IsIdentity') AS auto_increment,
                           column_default AS default_value
                      FROM tempdb.information_schema.columns ".
            // check this statement
            // JOIN tempdb..sysobjects ON name = table_name
            // WHERE id = object_id('tempdb..{".$table."}')
                    "WHERE table_name LIKE '{".$table."}__________%'
                  ORDER BY ordinal_position";
        }

        list($sql, $params, $type) = $this->fix_sql_params($sql, null);

        $this->query_start($sql, null, SQL_QUERY_AUX);
        $result = sqlsrv_query($this->sqlsrv, $sql);
        $this->query_end($result);

        if (!$result) {
            return array ();
        }

        while ($rawcolumn = sqlsrv_fetch_array($result, SQLSRV_FETCH_ASSOC)) {

            $rawcolumn = (object)$rawcolumn;

            $info = new stdClass();
            $info->name = $rawcolumn->name;
            $info->type = $rawcolumn->type;
            $info->meta_type = $this->sqlsrvtype2moodletype($info->type);

            // Prepare auto_increment info
            $info->auto_increment = $rawcolumn->auto_increment ? true : false;

            // Define type for auto_increment columns
            $info->meta_type = ($info->auto_increment && $info->meta_type == 'I') ? 'R' : $info->meta_type;

            // id columns being auto_incremnt are PK by definition
            $info->primary_key = ($info->name == 'id' && $info->meta_type == 'R' && $info->auto_increment);

            // Put correct length for character and LOB types
            $info->max_length = $info->meta_type == 'C' ? $rawcolumn->char_max_length : $rawcolumn->max_length;
            $info->max_length = ($info->meta_type == 'X' || $info->meta_type == 'B') ? -1 : $info->max_length;

            // Scale
            $info->scale = $rawcolumn->scale ? $rawcolumn->scale : false;

            // Prepare not_null info
            $info->not_null = $rawcolumn->is_nullable == 'NO' ? true : false;

            // Process defaults
            $info->has_default = !empty($rawcolumn->default_value);
            if ($rawcolumn->default_value === NULL) {
                $info->default_value = NULL;
            } else {
                $info->default_value = preg_replace("/^[\(N]+[']?(.*?)[']?[\)]+$/", '\\1', $rawcolumn->default_value);
            }

            // Process binary
            $info->binary = $info->meta_type == 'B' ? true : false;

            $this->columns[$table][$info->name] = new database_column_info($info);
        }
        $this->free_result($result);

        return $this->columns[$table];
    }

    /**
     * Normalise values based in RDBMS dependencies (booleans, LOBs...)
     *
     * @param database_column_info $column column metadata corresponding with the value we are going to normalise
     * @param mixed $value value we are going to normalise
     * @return mixed the normalised value
     */
    protected function normalise_value($column, $value) {
        if (is_bool($value)) {                               /// Always, convert boolean to int
            $value = (int)$value;
        }                                                    // And continue processing because text columns with numeric info need special handling below

        if ($column->meta_type == 'B')
            { // BLOBs need to be properly "packed", but can be inserted directly if so.
            if (!is_null($value)) {               // If value not null, unpack it to unquoted hexadecimal byte-string format
                $value = unpack('H*hex', $value); // we leave it as array, so emulate_bound_params() can detect it
            }                                                // easily and "bind" the param ok.

        } else if ($column->meta_type == 'X') {             // sqlsrv doesn't cast from int to text, so if text column
            if (is_numeric($value)) { // and is numeric value then cast to string
                $value = array('numstr' => (string)$value); // and put into array, so emulate_bound_params() will know how
            }                                                // to "bind" the param ok, avoiding reverse conversion to number
        } else if ($value === '') {

            if ($column->meta_type == 'I' or $column->meta_type == 'F' or $column->meta_type == 'N') {
                $value = 0; // prevent '' problems in numeric fields
            }
        }
        return $value;
    }

    /**
     * Selectively call sqlsrv_free_stmt(), avoiding some warnings without using the horrible @
     *
     * @param sqlsrv_resource $resource resource to be freed if possible
     */
    private function free_result($resource) {
        if (!is_bool($resource)) { // true/false resources cannot be freed
            return sqlsrv_free_stmt($resource);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Provides mapping between sqlsrv native data types and moodle_database - database_column_info - ones)
     *
     * @param string $sqlsrv_type native sqlsrv data type
     * @return string 1-char database_column_info data type
     */
    private function sqlsrvtype2moodletype($sqlsrv_type) {
        $type = null;

        switch (strtoupper($sqlsrv_type)) {
          case 'BIT':
           $type = 'L';
           break;

          case 'INT':
          case 'SMALLINT':
          case 'INTEGER':
          case 'BIGINT':
           $type = 'I';
           break;

          case 'DECIMAL':
          case 'REAL':
          case 'FLOAT':
           $type = 'N';
           break;

          case 'VARCHAR':
          case 'NVARCHAR':
           $type = 'C';
           break;

          case 'TEXT':
          case 'NTEXT':
          case 'VARCHAR(MAX)':
          case 'NVARCHAR(MAX)':
           $type = 'X';
           break;

          case 'IMAGE':
          case 'VARBINARY(MAX)':
           $type = 'B';
           break;

          case 'DATETIME':
           $type = 'D';
           break;
         }

        if (!$type) {
            throw new dml_exception('invalidsqlsrvnativetype', $sqlsrv_type);
        }
        return $type;
    }

    /**
     * Do NOT use in code, to be used by database_manager only!
     * @param string $sql query
     * @return bool true
     * @throws dml_exception if error
     */
    public function change_database_structure($sql) {
        $this->reset_caches();

        $this->query_start($sql, null, SQL_QUERY_STRUCTURE);
        $result = sqlsrv_query($this->sqlsrv, $sql);
        $this->query_end($result);

        return true;
    }

    /**
     * Prepare the array of params for native binding
     */
    protected function build_native_bound_params(array $params = null) {

        return null;
    }


    /**
     * Workaround for SQL*Server Native driver similar to MSSQL driver for
     * consistent behavior.
     */
    protected function emulate_bound_params($sql, array $params = null) {

        if (empty($params)) {
            return $sql;
        }
        /// ok, we have verified sql statement with ? and correct number of params
        $return = strtok($sql, '?');

        foreach ($params as $param) {
            if (is_bool($param)) {
                $return .= (int)$param;
            } else if (is_array($param) && isset($param['hex'])) { // detect hex binary, bind it specially
                $return .= '0x'.$param['hex'];
            } else if (is_array($param) && isset($param['numstr'])) { // detect numerical strings that *must not*
                $return .= "N'{$param['numstr']}'";                   // be converted back to number params, but bound as strings
            } else if (is_null($param)) {
                $return .= 'NULL';

            } else if (is_number($param)) { // we can not use is_numeric() because it eats leading zeros from strings like 0045646
                $return .= "'$param'"; // this is a hack for MDL-23997, we intentionally use string because it is compatible with both nvarchar and int types
            } else if (is_float($param)) {
                $return .= $param;
            } else {
                $param = str_replace("'", "''", $param);
                $return .= "N'$param'";
            }

            $return .= strtok('?');
        }
        return $return;
    }

    /**
     * Execute general sql query. Should be used only when no other method suitable.
     * Do NOT use this to make changes in db structure, use database_manager::execute_sql() instead!
     * @param string $sql query
     * @param array $params query parameters
     * @return bool true
     * @throws dml_exception if error
     */
    public function execute($sql, array $params = null) {
        if (strpos($sql, ';') !== false) {
            throw new coding_exception('moodle_database::execute() Multiple sql statements found or bound parameters not used properly in query!');
        }
        $this->do_query($sql, $params, SQL_QUERY_UPDATE);
        return true;
    }

    /**
     * Get a number of records as a moodle_recordset using a SQL statement.
     *
     * Since this method is a little less readable, use of it should be restricted to
     * code where it's possible there might be large datasets being returned.  For known
     * small datasets use get_records_sql - it leads to simpler code.
     *
     * The return type is as for @see function get_recordset.
     *
     * @param string $sql the SQL select query to execute.
     * @param array $params array of sql parameters
     * @param int $limitfrom return a subset of records, starting at this point (optional, required if $limitnum is set).
     * @param int $limitnum return a subset comprising this many records (optional, required if $limitfrom is set).
     * @return moodle_recordset instance
     * @throws dml_exception if error
     */
    public function get_recordset_sql($sql, array $params = null, $limitfrom = 0, $limitnum = 0) {
        $limitfrom = (int)$limitfrom;
        $limitnum = (int)$limitnum;
        $limitfrom = max(0, $limitfrom);
        $limitnum = max(0, $limitnum);

        if ($limitfrom or $limitnum) {
            $sql = $this->limit_to_top_n($sql, $limitfrom, $limitnum);
        }
        $result = $this->do_query($sql, $params, SQL_QUERY_SELECT, false);
        return $this->create_recordset($result);
    }

    /**
     * Perform a emulation for LIMIT(offset, limit)
     *
     * @param string $sql
     * @param int $offset
     * @param int $limit
     * @return string sql
     */
    private function limit_to_top_n($sql, $offset, $limit) {
        // If there is no limit we can return immediatly
        if ($limit < 1 && $offset < 1) {
            return $sql;
        }

        // Make sure they are at least 0
        $limit = max(0, (int)$limit);
        $offset = max(0, (int)$offset);
        // This is an sqlserver bigint - -1 and will be used as a value
        // for top when essentially we want everything.
        // This needs to be a string so that it doesn't get malformed.
        $bigint = '9223372036854775806';

        // If limit is 0 set it to BITINT - 1
        if (empty($limit)) {
            $limit = $bigint;
        } else {
            $limit = $offset + $limit;
        }

        // Set up defaults for the next bit.
        $columns = '*';      // Default to all columns
        $columnnames = '*';  // As above
        $firstcolumn = 'id'; // The default first column is id
        $orderby = '';       // The order by of the main query

        // We need to find all the columns so that we can request JUST the desired
        // columns in the end transaction. We also need to do a couple of maintenance
        // tasks on the columns seeing as they are going to be wrapped in a 
        // sub select.
        //
        // 1. Collect the first column to use for an order by if there isn't an
        //    explicit order by within the query.
        // 2. Make we use the aliases for columns that have it because of next point.
        // 3. Strip off table aliases they will be incorrect outside of the immediate
        //    sub select.
        // 4. Give all constant columns a proper alias, this is required because
        //    of the subselect.
        if (preg_match('#^(\s*SELECT\s+)(DISTINCT\s+)?(.*?)(\sFROM\s)#is', $sql, $columnmatches)) {
            // Make sure we have some columns
            if (!empty($columnmatches[3])) {
                $columns = explode(',', $columnmatches[3]);
                $columnnames = array();
                $firstcolumn = null;
                $constantcount = 0;
                foreach ($columns as $key=>$column) {
                    // Trim, trim, trim, except during Movember.
                    $column = trim($column);
                    if (preg_match('#\sAS\s+(\w+)\s*$#si', $column, $matches)) {
                        // Make sure we use the column alias if available.
                        $column = $matches[1];
                    } else if (preg_match("#^'[^']*'$#", $column)) {
                        // Give constants an alias in the main query and use the
                        // alias for the new outer queries.
                        $constantcount++;
                        $column = 'constant_'.$constantcount;
                        $columns[$key] .= ' AS '.$column;
                    }

                    // Store the first column for later abuse.
                    if ($firstcolumn === null) {
                        $firstcolumn = $column;
                    }

                    // Remove any table aliases from the column name for the outer
                    // queries.
                    if (preg_match('#^\w+\.(.*)$#s', $column, $matches)) {
                        $column = $matches[1];
                    }
                    $columnnames[] = $column;
                }
                // Glue things back together
                $columnnames = join(', ', $columnnames);
                $columns = join(', ', $columns);
                // Switch out the fixed main columns (added constant aliases).
                $sql = str_replace($columnmatches[0], $columnmatches[1].$columnmatches[2].$columns.$columnmatches[4], $sql);
            }
        }

        // Collect the orderby from the main query to use in the row number order by.
        if (preg_match('#\sORDER\s+BY\s+([^)]+?)(GROUP\s+BY|$)#i', $sql, $matches)) {
            // We need to remove it from the main query as well.
            $sql = str_replace($matches[0], ' '.$matches[2], $sql);
            $orderby = $matches[1];
        } else {
            // Default orderby to the first column.
            $orderby = $firstcolumn;
        }
        // Remove any table aliases from the order by.
        $orderby = preg_replace('#[^\s,]*\.([^\s,]*)#', '$1', $orderby);

        // If the orderby is all tables everything will break, default to id.
        if ($orderby == '*') {
            $orderby = 'id';
        }

        // Build the inner outer query.
        $sql = "SELECT TOP $bigint ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY $orderby) AS sqlsrvrownumber, $columnnames FROM ($sql) AS q";
        // Build the outer most query.
        $sql = "SELECT $columnnames FROM ($sql) AS q WHERE q.sqlsrvrownumber > $offset AND q.sqlsrvrownumber <= $limit";

        // Return the now mangled query for use.
        return $sql;
    }

    /**
     * Create a record set and initialize with first row
     *
     * @param mixed $result
     * @return sqlsrv_native_moodle_recordset
     */
    protected function create_recordset($result) {
        return new sqlsrv_native_moodle_recordset($result);
    }

    /**
     * Get a number of records as an array of objects using a SQL statement.
     *
     * Return value as for @see function get_records.
     *
     * @param string $sql the SQL select query to execute. The first column of this SELECT statement
     *   must be a unique value (usually the 'id' field), as it will be used as the key of the
     *   returned array.
     * @param array $params array of sql parameters
     * @param int $limitfrom return a subset of records, starting at this point (optional, required if $limitnum is set).
     * @param int $limitnum return a subset comprising this many records (optional, required if $limitfrom is set).
     * @return array of objects, or empty array if no records were found
     * @throws dml_exception if error
     */
    public function get_records_sql($sql, array $params = null, $limitfrom = 0, $limitnum = 0) {

        $rs = $this->get_recordset_sql($sql, $params, $limitfrom, $limitnum);

        $results = array();

        foreach ($rs as $row) {
            $id = reset($row);

            if (isset($results[$id])) {
                $colname = key($row);
                debugging("Did you remember to make the first column something unique in your call to get_records? Duplicate value '$id' found in column '$colname'.", DEBUG_DEVELOPER);
            }
            $results[$id] = (object)$row;
        }
        $rs->close();

        return $results;
    }

    /**
     * Selects records and return values (first field) as an array using a SQL statement.
     *
     * @param string $sql The SQL query
     * @param array $params array of sql parameters
     * @return array of values
     * @throws dml_exception if error
     */
    public function get_fieldset_sql($sql, array $params = null) {

        $rs = $this->get_recordset_sql($sql, $params);

        $results = array ();

        foreach ($rs as $row) {
            $results[] = reset($row);
        }
        $rs->close();

        return $results;
    }

    /**
     * Insert new record into database, as fast as possible, no safety checks, lobs not supported.
     * @param string $table name
     * @param mixed $params data record as object or array
     * @param bool $returnit return it of inserted record
     * @param bool $bulk true means repeated inserts expected
     * @param bool $customsequence true if 'id' included in $params, disables $returnid
     * @return bool|int true or new id
     * @throws dml_exception if error
     */
    public function insert_record_raw($table, $params, $returnid=true, $bulk=false, $customsequence=false) {
        if (!is_array($params)) {
            $params = (array)$params;
        }
        if ($customsequence) {
            if (!isset($params['id'])) {
                throw new coding_exception('moodle_database::insert_record_raw() id field must be specified if custom sequences used.');
            }
            $returnid = false;
            // Disable IDENTITY column before inserting record with id
            $sql = 'SET IDENTITY_INSERT {'.$table.'} ON'; // Yes, it' ON!!
            $this->do_query($sql, null, SQL_QUERY_AUX);

        } else {
            unset($params['id']);
        }

        if (empty($params)) {
            throw new coding_exception('moodle_database::insert_record_raw() no fields found.');
        }
        $fields = implode(',', array_keys($params));
        $qms = array_fill(0, count($params), '?');
        $qms = implode(',', $qms);
        $sql = "INSERT INTO {" . $table . "} ($fields) VALUES($qms)";
        $query_id = $this->do_query($sql, $params, SQL_QUERY_INSERT);

        if ($customsequence) {
            // Enable IDENTITY column after inserting record with id
            $sql = 'SET IDENTITY_INSERT {'.$table.'} OFF'; // Yes, it' OFF!!
            $this->do_query($sql, null, SQL_QUERY_AUX);
        }

        if ($returnid) {
            $id = $this->sqlsrv_fetch_id();
            return $id;
        } else {
            return true;
        }
    }

    /**
     * Get the ID of the current action
     *
     * @return mixed ID
     */
    private function sqlsrv_fetch_id() {
        $query_id = sqlsrv_query($this->sqlsrv, 'SELECT SCOPE_IDENTITY()');
        if ($query_id === false) {
            $dberr = $this->get_last_error();
            return false;
        }
        $row = $this->sqlsrv_fetchrow($query_id);
        return (int)$row[0];
    }

    /**
     * Fetch a single row into an numbered array
     *
     * @param mixed $query_id
     */
    private function sqlsrv_fetchrow($query_id) {
        $row = sqlsrv_fetch_array($query_id, SQLSRV_FETCH_NUMERIC);
        if ($row === false) {
            $dberr = $this->get_last_error();
            return false;
        }

        foreach ($row as $key => $value) {
            $row[$key] = ($value === ' ' || $value === NULL) ? '' : $value;
        }
        return $row;
    }

    /**
     * Insert a record into a table and return the "id" field if required.
     *
     * Some conversions and safety checks are carried out. Lobs are supported.
     * If the return ID isn't required, then this just reports success as true/false.
     * $data is an object containing needed data
     * @param string $table The database table to be inserted into
     * @param object $data A data object with values for one or more fields in the record
     * @param bool $returnid Should the id of the newly created record entry be returned? If this option is not requested then true/false is returned.
     * @return bool|int true or new id
     * @throws dml_exception if error
     */
    public function insert_record($table, $dataobject, $returnid = true, $bulk = false) {
        $dataobject = (array)$dataobject;

        $columns = $this->get_columns($table);
        $cleaned = array ();

        foreach ($dataobject as $field => $value) {
            if ($field === 'id') {
                continue;
            }
            if (!isset($columns[$field])) {
                continue;
            }
            $column = $columns[$field];
            $cleaned[$field] = $this->normalise_value($column, $value);
        }

        return $this->insert_record_raw($table, $cleaned, $returnid, $bulk);
    }

    /**
     * Import a record into a table, id field is required.
     * Safety checks are NOT carried out. Lobs are supported.
     *
     * @param string $table name of database table to be inserted into
     * @param object $dataobject A data object with values for one or more fields in the record
     * @return bool true
     * @throws dml_exception if error
     */
    public function import_record($table, $dataobject) {
        if (!is_object($dataobject)) {
            $dataobject = (object)$dataobject;
        }

        $columns = $this->get_columns($table);
        $cleaned = array ();

        foreach ($dataobject as $field => $value) {
            if (!isset($columns[$field])) {
                continue;
            }
            $column = $columns[$field];
            $cleaned[$field] = $this->normalise_value($column, $value);
        }

        $this->insert_record_raw($table, $cleaned, false, false, true);

        return true;
    }

    /**
     * Update record in database, as fast as possible, no safety checks, lobs not supported.
     * @param string $table name
     * @param mixed $params data record as object or array
     * @param bool true means repeated updates expected
     * @return bool true
     * @throws dml_exception if error
     */
    public function update_record_raw($table, $params, $bulk = false) {
        $params = (array)$params;

        if (!isset($params['id'])) {
            throw new coding_exception('moodle_database::update_record_raw() id field must be specified.');
        }
        $id = $params['id'];
        unset($params['id']);

        if (empty($params)) {
            throw new coding_exception('moodle_database::update_record_raw() no fields found.');
        }

        $sets = array ();

        foreach ($params as $field => $value) {
            $sets[] = "$field = ?";
        }

        $params[] = $id; // last ? in WHERE condition

        $sets = implode(',', $sets);
        $sql = "UPDATE {".$table."} SET $sets WHERE id = ?";

        $this->do_query($sql, $params, SQL_QUERY_UPDATE);

        return true;
    }

    /**
     * Update a record in a table
     *
     * $dataobject is an object containing needed data
     * Relies on $dataobject having a variable "id" to
     * specify the record to update
     *
     * @param string $table The database table to be checked against.
     * @param object $dataobject An object with contents equal to fieldname=>fieldvalue. Must have an entry for 'id' to map to the table specified.
     * @param bool true means repeated updates expected
     * @return bool true
     * @throws dml_exception if error
     */
    public function update_record($table, $dataobject, $bulk = false) {
        $dataobject = (array)$dataobject;

        $columns = $this->get_columns($table);
        $cleaned = array ();

        foreach ($dataobject as $field => $value) {
            if (!isset($columns[$field])) {
                continue;
            }
            $column = $columns[$field];
            $cleaned[$field] = $this->normalise_value($column, $value);
        }

        return $this->update_record_raw($table, $cleaned, $bulk);
    }

    /**
     * Set a single field in every table record which match a particular WHERE clause.
     *
     * @param string $table The database table to be checked against.
     * @param string $newfield the field to set.
     * @param string $newvalue the value to set the field to.
     * @param string $select A fragment of SQL to be used in a where clause in the SQL call.
     * @param array $params array of sql parameters
     * @return bool true
     * @throws dml_exception if error
     */
    public function set_field_select($table, $newfield, $newvalue, $select, array $params = null) {
        if ($select) {
            $select = "WHERE $select";
        }

        if (is_null($params)) {
            $params = array ();
        }

        /// Get column metadata
        $columns = $this->get_columns($table);
        $column = $columns[$newfield];

        $newvalue = $this->normalise_value($column, $newvalue);

        if (is_null($newvalue)) {
            $newfield = "$newfield = NULL";
        } else {
            $newfield = "$newfield = ?";
            array_unshift($params, $newvalue);
        }
        $sql = "UPDATE {".$table."} SET $newfield $select";

        $this->do_query($sql, $params, SQL_QUERY_UPDATE);

        return true;
    }

    /**
     * Delete one or more records from a table which match a particular WHERE clause.
     *
     * @param string $table The database table to be checked against.
     * @param string $select A fragment of SQL to be used in a where clause in the SQL call (used to define the selection criteria).
     * @param array $params array of sql parameters
     * @return bool true
     * @throws dml_exception if error
     */
    public function delete_records_select($table, $select, array $params = null) {
        if ($select) {
            $select = "WHERE $select";
        }

        $sql = "DELETE FROM {".$table."} $select";

        // we use SQL_QUERY_UPDATE because we do not know what is in general SQL, delete constant would not be accurate
        $this->do_query($sql, $params, SQL_QUERY_UPDATE);

        return true;
    }


    /// SQL helper functions

    public function sql_cast_char2int($fieldname, $text = false) {
        if (!$text) {
            return ' CAST(' . $fieldname . ' AS INT) ';
        } else {
            return ' CAST(' . $this->sql_compare_text($fieldname) . ' AS INT) ';
        }
    }

    public function sql_cast_char2real($fieldname, $text=false) {
        if (!$text) {
            return ' CAST(' . $fieldname . ' AS REAL) ';
        } else {
            return ' CAST(' . $this->sql_compare_text($fieldname) . ' AS REAL) ';
        }
    }

    public function sql_ceil($fieldname) {
        return ' CEILING('.$fieldname.')';
    }

    protected function get_collation() {
        if (isset($this->collation)) {
            return $this->collation;
        }
        if (!empty($this->dboptions['dbcollation'])) {
            // perf speedup
            $this->collation = $this->dboptions['dbcollation'];
            return $this->collation;
        }

        // make some default
        $this->collation = 'Latin1_General_CI_AI';

        $sql = "SELECT CAST(DATABASEPROPERTYEX('$this->dbname', 'Collation') AS varchar(255)) AS SQLCollation";
        $this->query_start($sql, null, SQL_QUERY_AUX);
        $result = sqlsrv_query($this->sqlsrv, $sql);
        $this->query_end($result);

        if ($result) {
            if ($rawcolumn = sqlsrv_fetch_array($result, SQLSRV_FETCH_ASSOC)) {
                $this->collation = reset($rawcolumn);
            }
            $this->free_result($result);
        }

        return $this->collation;
    }

    /**
     * Returns 'LIKE' part of a query.
     *
     * @param string $fieldname usually name of the table column
     * @param string $param usually bound query parameter (?, :named)
     * @param bool $casesensitive use case sensitive search
     * @param bool $accensensitive use accent sensitive search (not all databases support accent insensitive)
     * @param bool $notlike true means "NOT LIKE"
     * @param string $escapechar escape char for '%' and '_'
     * @return string SQL code fragment
     */
    public function sql_like($fieldname, $param, $casesensitive = true, $accentsensitive = true, $notlike = false, $escapechar = '\\') {
        if (strpos($param, '%') !== false) {
            debugging('Potential SQL injection detected, sql_ilike() expects bound parameters (? or :named)');
        }

        $collation = $this->get_collation();
        $LIKE = $notlike ? 'NOT LIKE' : 'LIKE';

        if ($casesensitive) {
            $collation = str_replace('_CI', '_CS', $collation);
        } else {
            $collation = str_replace('_CS', '_CI', $collation);
        }
        if ($accentsensitive) {
            $collation = str_replace('_AI', '_AS', $collation);
        } else {
            $collation = str_replace('_AS', '_AI', $collation);
        }

        return "$fieldname COLLATE $collation $LIKE $param ESCAPE '$escapechar'";
    }

    public function sql_concat() {
        $arr = func_get_args();

        foreach ($arr as $key => $ele) {
            $arr[$key] = ' CAST('.$ele.' AS VARCHAR(255)) ';
        }
        $s = implode(' + ', $arr);

        if ($s === '') {
            return " '' ";
        }
        return " $s ";
    }

    public function sql_concat_join($separator = "' '", $elements = array ()) {
        for ($n = count($elements) - 1; $n > 0; $n--) {
            array_splice($elements, $n, 0, $separator);
        }
        $s = implode(' + ', $elements);

        if ($s === '') {
            return " '' ";
        }
        return " $s ";
    }

    public function sql_isempty($tablename, $fieldname, $nullablefield, $textfield) {
        if ($textfield) {
            return ' ('.$this->sql_compare_text($fieldname)." = '') ";
        } else {
            return " ($fieldname = '') ";
        }
    }

    /**
     * Returns the SQL text to be used to calculate the length in characters of one expression.
     * @param string fieldname or expression to calculate its length in characters.
     * @return string the piece of SQL code to be used in the statement.
     */
    public function sql_length($fieldname) {
        return ' LEN('.$fieldname.')';
    }

    public function sql_order_by_text($fieldname, $numchars = 32) {
        return ' CONVERT(varchar, '.$fieldname.', '.$numchars.')';
    }

    /**
     * Returns the SQL for returning searching one string for the location of another.
     */
    public function sql_position($needle, $haystack) {
        return "CHARINDEX(($needle), ($haystack))";
    }

    /**
     * Returns the proper substr() SQL text used to extract substrings from DB
     * NOTE: this was originally returning only function name
     *
     * @param string $expr some string field, no aggregates
     * @param mixed $start integer or expression evaluating to int
     * @param mixed $length optional integer or expression evaluating to int
     * @return string sql fragment
     */
    public function sql_substr($expr, $start, $length = false) {
        if (count(func_get_args()) < 2) {
            throw new coding_exception('moodle_database::sql_substr() requires at least two parameters',
                'Originally this function was only returning name of SQL substring function, it now requires all parameters.');
        }

        if ($length === false) {
            return "SUBSTRING($expr, $start, (LEN($expr) - $start + 1))";
        } else {
            return "SUBSTRING($expr, $start, $length)";
        }
    }

    /// session locking

    public function session_lock_supported() {
        return true;
    }

    public function get_session_lock($rowid) {
        if (!$this->session_lock_supported()) {
            return;
        }
        parent::get_session_lock($rowid);

        $fullname = $this->dbname.'-'.$this->prefix.'-session-'.$rowid;
        $sql = "sp_getapplock '$fullname', 'Exclusive', 'Session',  120000";
        $this->query_start($sql, null, SQL_QUERY_AUX);
        $result = sqlsrv_query($this->sqlsrv, $sql);
        $this->query_end($result);
        $this->free_result($result);
    }

    public function release_session_lock($rowid) {
        if (!$this->session_lock_supported()) {
            return;
        }
        parent::release_session_lock($rowid);

        $fullname = $this->dbname.'-'.$this->prefix.'-session-'.$rowid;
        $sql = "sp_releaseapplock '$fullname', 'Session'";
        $this->query_start($sql, null, SQL_QUERY_AUX);
        $result = sqlsrv_query($this->sqlsrv, $sql);
        $this->query_end($result);
        $this->free_result($result);
    }


    /// transactions

    // NOTE:
    // TODO -- should these be wrapped in query start/end? They arn't a query
    // but information and error capture is nice. msk


    /**
     * Driver specific start of real database transaction,
     * this can not be used directly in code.
     * @return void
     */
    protected function begin_transaction() {
        $this->query_start('native sqlsrv_begin_transaction', NULL, SQL_QUERY_AUX);
        $result = sqlsrv_begin_transaction($this->sqlsrv);
        $this->query_end($result);
    }

    /**
     * Driver specific commit of real database transaction,
     * this can not be used directly in code.
     * @return void
     */
    protected function commit_transaction() {
        $this->query_start('native sqlsrv_commit', NULL, SQL_QUERY_AUX);
        $result = sqlsrv_commit($this->sqlsrv);
        $this->query_end($result);
    }

    /**
     * Driver specific abort of real database transaction,
     * this can not be used directly in code.
     * @return void
     */
    protected function rollback_transaction() {
        $this->query_start('native sqlsrv_rollback', NULL, SQL_QUERY_AUX);
        $result = sqlsrv_rollback($this->sqlsrv);
        $this->query_end($result);
    }
}