+function DB_get_party_by_hash($hash)
+{
+ $result = mysql_query("SELECT party FROM Hand WHERE hash=".DB_quote_smart($hash));
+ $r = mysql_fetch_array($result,MYSQL_NUM);
+
+ if($r)
+ return $r[0];
+ else
+ return NULL;
+}
+function DB_set_party_by_hash($hash,$party)
+{
+ mysql_query("UPDATE Hand SET party=".DB_quote_smart($party)." WHERE hash=".DB_quote_smart($hash));
+ return;
+}
+
+function DB_get_PREF($myid)
+{
+ global $PREF;
+
+ $result = mysql_query("SELECT value from User_Prefs".
+ " WHERE user_id='$myid' AND pref_key='cardset'" );
+ $r = mysql_fetch_array($result,MYSQL_NUM);
+ if($r)
+ {
+ if($r[0]=="germancards" && (time()-strtotime( "2009-12-31 23:59:59")<0) ) /* licence only valid until then */
+ $PREF["cardset"]="altenburg";
+ else
+ $PREF["cardset"]="english";
+ }
+ else
+ $PREF["cardset"]="english";
+
+ $result = mysql_query("SELECT value from User_Prefs".
+ " WHERE user_id='$myid' AND pref_key='ccemail'" );
+ $r = mysql_fetch_array($result,MYSQL_NUM);
+ if($r)
+ $PREF["ccemail"]=$r[0];
+ else
+ $PREF["ccemail"]="no";
+
+ return;
+}
+