Review the following code block and suggest improvements when necessary. $_con = false; // Assume this code attempts to return a DB handle to master DB function getMasterConnection() { ... } // Assume this code attempts to return a DB handle to slave DB function getSlaveConnection() { ... } // Function to get a DB connection handle function get_con($master = false) { global $_con; if ( !empty($_con) ) return $_con; if ($master == true) $_con = getMasterConnection(); else $_con = getSlaveConnection(); return $_con; } // Table 'users' definition // - user_id (SERIAL/LONG) // - login_id (TEXT) // - creation_ts (Unix timestamp) // - locked (BOOLEAN) // - locked_ts (Unix timestamp) // Function attempts to read and return data stored for the userid in an array function retrieveData($loginID) { $userData = array(); $dbconn = get_con(); $result = pg_query($dbconn, "SELECT * FROM users WHERE login_id = '$loginID'"); $userData = pg_fetch_all($result,0); return $userData; } // Table 'orders' definition // - order_id (SERIAL) // - user_id (LONG) // - order_details (TEXT) // Function attempts to insert order information function storeOrder($userid, $orderDetails) { $dbconn = get_con(true); $result = pg_query_params($dbconn, "INSERT INTO orders(userid, order_details) VALUES ($1, $2)", array($userid, $orderDetails)); return false; } // Main code execution begins here // This code helps store new order details under 'orders' table if ( !empty($_POST['login_id']) ) { $userData = retrieveData($_POST['login_id']); if ($_POST['action'] == 'create') { if ( storeOrder($userData[0]['user_id']) ) echo "Order creation successful"; else die("Failed to store order information due to run time exceptions."); } }

they asked me how i would deal with difficult people. what was my approach to have a group follow my suggestions. first as the leader of the group, then as a peer. the situation can be very challenging.

There were questions about using Linux as a developer. Any Software Engineer who uses Linux should get through that with no problem. There were typical questions about classes, deep copy oppsed to shallow copy. questions about what methods are automatically given to you in a class (C++). Mostly academic.