SQLSRV Driver For PHP Delete Queries Issue?

I have been experimenting with the preview release of the SQL Server 2005 driver for PHP. I have used the PHP MSSQL extension a lot as well as connecting thru COM. I am glad we finally will see a Microsoft supported extension.

With the current release I am able to do most things my current MSSQL driver does. It does require some workarounds (there is no sqlsrv_num_rows nor sqlsrv_data_seek) here and there. But nothing major.

Now to get to the issue at hand. When I run a DELETE query, there is no statement resource returned and my application incorrectly detects an error.

Sample code:
$the_query = "DELETE FROM sometable WHERE id=5";
if ( ! $qid = sqlsrv_conn_execute ( $connection_id, $the_query ) )
{
echo $the_query."<br />";
foreach( sqlsrv_errors() as $error )
{
echo "SQLSTATE: ".$error['SQLSTATE']."<br/>";
echo "Code: ".$error['code']."<br/>";
echo "Message: ".$error['message']."<br/>";
}
exit();
}

Looks like a bug to me. The funny thing is that exactly the same bug was in the PHP MSSQL extension a while ago.