From 0e4a719b153c5385906df218ddc391bf20512a34 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: stronk7 <stronk7>
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:39:00 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix sql_substr() behaviour

---
 lib/dml/mssql_adodb_moodle_database.php | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/dml/mssql_adodb_moodle_database.php b/lib/dml/mssql_adodb_moodle_database.php
index fc36344871..666348ace0 100644
--- a/lib/dml/mssql_adodb_moodle_database.php
+++ b/lib/dml/mssql_adodb_moodle_database.php
@@ -193,6 +193,9 @@ class mssql_adodb_moodle_database extends adodb_moodle_database {
      * @return string sql fragment
      */
     public function sql_substr($expr, $start, $length=false) {
+        if (count(func_get_args()) < 2) {
+            throw new coding_exception('moodle_database::sql_substr() requires at least two parameters', 'Originaly this function was only returning name of SQL substring function, it now requires all parameters.');
+        }
         if ($length === false) {
             return "SUBSTRING($expr, $start, (LEN($expr) - $start + 1))";
         } else {
-- 
2.39.5