function db_select in Drupal 7

Same name and namespace in other branches

1. 8 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

114 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 2626

Core systems for the database layer.

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);
}