sybase_fetch_field

Get field information from a result (PHP 3, PHP 4 )
object sybase_fetch_field ( resource result [, int field_offset] )

Returns an object containing field information.

sybase_fetch_field() can be used in order to obtain information about fields in a certain query result. If the field offset isn't specified, the next field that wasn't yet retreived by sybase_fetch_field() is retreived.

The properties of the object are:

  • name - column name. if the column is a result of a function, this property is set to computed#N, where #N is a serial number.
  • column_source - the table from which the column was taken
  • max_length - maximum length of the column
  • numeric - 1 if the column is numeric
  • type - datatype of the column

See also sybase_field_seek().

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