sybase_fetch_field

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

sybase_fetch_field — Get field information from a result

Description

object sybase_fetch_field ( resource $result [, int $field_offset = -1 ] )

sybase_fetch_field() can be used in order to obtain information about fields in a certain query result.

Parameters

result

field_offset

If the field offset isn't specified, the next field that wasn't yet retrieved by sybase_fetch_field() is retrieved.

Return Values

Returns an object containing field information.

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

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