Runs a limited-range query in the active database.

Use this as a substitute for db_query() when a subset of the query is to be returned. User-supplied arguments to the query should be passed in as separate parameters so that they can be properly escaped to avoid SQL injection attacks.

Parameters

$query: A string containing an SQL query.

...: A variable number of arguments which are substituted into the query using printf() syntax. The query arguments can be enclosed in one array instead. Valid %-modifiers are: %s, %d, %f, %b (binary data, do not enclose in '') and %%.

NOTE: using this syntax will cast NULL and FALSE values to decimal 0, and TRUE values to decimal 1.

$from: The first result row to return.

$count: The maximum number of result rows to return.

Return value

A database query result resource, or FALSE if the query was not executed correctly.

Related topics

File

drupal-6.x/includes/database.mysql.inc, line 237

Database interface code for MySQL database servers.

Code

function db_query_range($query) {
  $args = func_get_args();
  $count = array_pop($args);
  $from = array_pop($args);
  array_shift($args);

  $query = db_prefix_tables($query);
  if (isset($args[0]) and is_array($args[0])) { // 'All arguments in one array' syntax
    $args = $args[0];
  }
  _db_query_callback($args, TRUE);
  $query = preg_replace_callback(DB_QUERY_REGEXP, '_db_query_callback', $query);
  $query .= ' LIMIT ' . (int) $from . ', ' . (int) $count;
  return _db_query($query);
}