function db_select

Same name in other branches
  1. 8.9.x core/includes/database.inc \db_select()

Returns a new SelectQuery object for the active database.

Parameters

$table: The base table for this query. May be a string or another SelectQuery object. If a query object is passed, it will be used as a subselect.

$alias: The alias for the base table of this query.

$options: An array of options to control how the query operates.

Return value

SelectQuery A new SelectQuery object for this connection.

Related topics

115 calls to db_select()
actions_do in includes/actions.inc
Performs a given list of actions by executing their callback functions.
AggregatorUpdatePathTestCase::testAggregatorUpdate in modules/simpletest/tests/upgrade/update.aggregator.test
Tests that the aggregator.module update is successful.
aggregator_feed_items_load in modules/aggregator/aggregator.pages.inc
Loads and optionally filters feed items.
book_get_books in modules/book/book.module
Returns an array of all books.
book_menu_subtree_data in modules/book/book.module
Gets the data representing a subtree of the book hierarchy.

... See full list

File

includes/database/database.inc, line 2636

Code

function db_select($table, $alias = NULL, array $options = array()) {
    if (empty($options['target'])) {
        $options['target'] = 'default';
    }
    return Database::getConnection($options['target'])->select($table, $alias, $options);
}

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