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+<?php
+/**
+ * Set of functions used with the relation and pdf feature
+ */
+if (!defined('PMA_RELATION_LIB_INCLUDED')){
+    define('PMA_RELATION_LIB_INCLUDED', 1);
+    /**
+     * do a query as controluser if possible, otherwise
+     * as normal user
+     * @return  integer resultid
+     * @global  string  URL of Page to show in case of error
+     * @global  string  Name of db to come back to
+     * @global  integer Ressourceid of DB connect as controluser
+     * @global  array   Configurationinfo about relationstuff
+     *
+     * @author  Mike Beck<mikebeck@users.sourceforge.net>
+     * @access  public
+     */
+     function PMA_query_as_cu($sql) {
+        global $err_url_0, $db, $dbh, $cfgRelation;
+
+        if (isset($dbh)) {
+            PMA_mysql_select_db($cfgRelation['db'],$dbh);
+            $result = @PMA_mysql_query($sql, $dbh) or PMA_mysqlDie(mysql_error($dbh), $sql, '', $err_url_0);
+            PMA_mysql_select_db($db,$dbh);
+        } else {
+            PMA_mysql_select_db($cfgRelation['db']);
+            $result = @PMA_mysql_query($sql) or PMA_mysqlDie('', $sql, '', $err_url_0);
+            PMA_mysql_select_db($db);
+        }
+        if($result){
+            return $result;
+        } else {
+            return FALSE;
+        }
+     }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Defines the relation parameters for the current user
+     * just a copy of the functions used for relations ;-)
+     * but added some stuff to check what will work
+     *
+     * @return  array    the relation parameters for the current user
+     *
+     * @global  array    the list of settings for the current server
+     * @global  integer  the id of the current server
+     * @author  Mike Beck <mikebeck@users.sourceforge.net>
+     *
+     * @access  public
+     */
+    function PMA_getRelationsParam()
+    {
+        global $server, $err_url_0, $db, $table,$cfg;
+        $cfgRelation = '';
+
+        $cfgRelation['relwork']     = FALSE;
+        $cfgRelation['displaywork'] = FALSE;
+        $cfgRelation['pdfwork']     = FALSE;
+        $cfgRelation['commwork']    = FALSE;
+
+        // No server selected -> no bookmark table
+        if ($server == 0) {
+            return '';
+        }
+
+        $cfgRelation['user']  = $GLOBALS['cfg']['Server']['user'];
+        $cfgRelation['db']    = $GLOBALS['cfg']['Server']['pmadb'];
+
+        //  now i just check if all tables that i need are present
+        //  so i can for example enable relations but not pdf...
+        //  i was thinking of checking if they have all required columns
+        //  but i fear it might be too slow
+        // PMA_mysql_select_db($cfgRelation['db']);
+
+        $tab_query    = 'SHOW TABLES FROM ' . PMA_backquote($cfgRelation['db']);
+        $tab_rs = PMA_query_as_cu($tab_query);
+
+        //while ($curr_table = @PMA_mysql_fetch_array($tab_rs)) {
+        while ($curr_table = @PMA_mysql_fetch_array($tab_rs)) {
+            if($curr_table[0] == $cfg['Servers']['Server']['bookmarktable']) {
+                continue;
+            } else if ($curr_table[0] == $GLOBALS['cfg']['Server']['relation']) {
+                $cfgRelation['relation']        = $curr_table[0];
+            } else if ($curr_table[0] == $GLOBALS['cfg']['Server']['table_info']) {
+                $cfgRelation['table_info']      = $curr_table[0];
+            } else if ($curr_table[0] == $GLOBALS['cfg']['Server']['table_coords']) {
+                $cfgRelation['table_coords']    = $curr_table[0];
+            } else if ($curr_table[0] == $GLOBALS['cfg']['Server']['column_comments']) {
+                $cfgRelation['column_comments'] = $curr_table[0];
+            } else if ($curr_table[0] == $GLOBALS['cfg']['Server']['pdf_pages']) {
+                $cfgRelation['pdf_pages']       = $curr_table[0];
+            }
+        }
+        if(isset($cfgRelation['relation'])) {
+            $cfgRelation['relwork'] = TRUE;
+            if(isset($cfgRelation['table_info'])) {
+                $cfgRelation['displaywork'] = TRUE;
+            }
+            if(isset($cfgRelation['table_coords']) && isset($cfgRelation['pdf_pages'])) {
+                $cfgRelation['pdfwork'] = TRUE;
+            }
+            if(isset($cfgRelation['column_comments'])) {
+                $cfgRelation['commwork'] = TRUE;
+            }
+        }
+        mysql_free_result($tab_rs);
+        return $cfgRelation;
+    } // end of the 'PMA_getRelationsParam()' function
+
+
+    /**
+     * Get all Relations to foreign tables for a given table
+     * or optionally a given column in a table
+     *
+     * @return  array    db,table,column
+     *
+     * @global  array    the list of Relationsettings
+     *
+     * @access  public
+     * @author  Mike Beck <mikebeck@users.sourceforge.net>
+     */
+    function getForeigners($db,$table,$column=FALSE) {
+        global $cfgRelation, $err_url_0;
+
+        $_rel_query = 'SELECT master_field, foreign_db,foreign_table,foreign_field'
+                   . ' FROM ' . PMA_backquote($cfgRelation['relation'])
+                   . ' WHERE master_db =  \'' . $db . '\' '
+                   . ' AND   master_table = \'' . $table . '\' ';
+        if(!empty($column)){
+            $_rel_query .= ' AND master_field = \'' . $column . '\'';
+        }
+        $_relations = PMA_query_as_cu($_rel_query);
+        $i=0;
+        while ($relrow = @PMA_mysql_fetch_array($_relations)) {
+            $field = $relrow['master_field'];
+            $foreign[$field]['foreign_db']       = $relrow['foreign_db'];
+            $foreign[$field]['foreign_table']    = $relrow['foreign_table'];
+            $foreign[$field]['foreign_field']    = $relrow['foreign_field'];
+            $i++;
+         } // end while
+         if(is_array($foreign)) {
+            return $foreign;
+         } else {
+            return FALSE;
+         }
+    }   //  End function getForeigners
+
+    /**
+     *  Get the displayfield of a table
+     *  @return string  fieldname
+     *  @global array the list of Relationsettings
+     *  @access public
+     *  @author Mike Beck <mikebeck@users.sourceforge.net>
+     */
+     function getDisplayField($db,$table) {
+        global $cfgRelation;
+        $_disp_query = 'SELECT display_field FROM ' .  PMA_backquote($cfgRelation['table_info'])
+                    . ' WHERE db_name  = \'' . PMA_sqlAddslashes($db) . '\''
+                    . ' AND table_name = \'' . PMA_sqlAddslashes($table) . '\'';
+
+        $_disp_res = PMA_query_as_cu($_disp_query);
+        $row       = ($_disp_res ? PMA_mysql_fetch_array($_disp_res) : '');
+        if (isset($row['display_field'])) {
+            return $row['display_field'];
+        } else {
+            return FALSE;
+        }
+     }
+} // $__PMA_RELATION_LIB__INCLUDED
+?>