ibase_field_info(3) [php man page]

IBASE_FIELD_INFO(3)							 1						       IBASE_FIELD_INFO(3)

ibase_field_info - Get information about a field

SYNOPSIS

       array ibase_field_info (resource  $result, int  $field_number)

DESCRIPTION

	Returns an array with information about a field after a select query has been run.

PARAMETERS

	      o $result
		- An InterBase result identifier.

	      o $field_number
		- Field offset.

RETURN VALUES

	Returns an array with the following keys: name, alias, relation, length and type.

EXAMPLES

       Example #1

	      ibase_field_info(3) example

	      <?php
	      $rs = ibase_query("SELECT * FROM tablename");
	      $coln = ibase_num_fields($rs);
	      for ($i = 0; $i < $coln; $i++) {
		  $col_info = ibase_field_info($rs, $i);
		  echo "name: ". $col_info['name']. "
";
		  echo "alias: ". $col_info['alias']. "
";
		  echo "relation: ". $col_info['relation']. "
";
		  echo "length: ". $col_info['length']. "
";
		  echo "type: ". $col_info['type']. "
";
	      }
	      ?>

SEE ALSO

       ibase_num_fields(3).

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MSSQL_FIELD_SEEK(3)													       MSSQL_FIELD_SEEK(3)

mssql_field_seek - Seeks to the specified field offset

SYNOPSIS

       bool mssql_field_seek (resource	$result, int  $field_offset)

DESCRIPTION

	Seeks to the specified field offset. If the next call to mssql_fetch_field(3) won't include a field offset, this field would be returned.

PARAMETERS

	      o $result
		- The result resource that is being evaluated. This result comes from a call to mssql_query(3).

	      o $field_offset
		- The field offset, starts at 0.

RETURN VALUES

	Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

EXAMPLES

       Example #1

	      Using mssql_field_seek(3) on the example for mssql_fetch_field(3)

	      <?php
	      // Connect to MSSQL and select the database
	      mssql_connect('MANGOSQLEXPRESS', 'sa', 'phpfi');
	      mssql_select_db('php');

	      // Send a select query to MSSQL
	      $query = mssql_query('SELECT * FROM [php].[dbo].[persons]');

	      // Construct table
	      echo '<h3>Table structure for 'persons'</h3>';
	      echo '<table border="1">';

	      // Table header
	      echo '<thead>';
	      echo '<tr>';
	      echo '<td>Field name</td>';
	      echo '<td>Data type</td>';
	      echo '<td>Max length</td>';
	      echo '</tr>';
	      echo '</thead>';

	      // Dump all fields
	      echo '<tbody>';

	      for ($i = 0; $i < mssql_num_fields($query); ++$i) {
		  // Fetch the field information, notice the
		  // field_offset parameter is not set. See
		  // the mssql_field_seek call below
		  $field = mssql_fetch_field($query);

		  // Print the row
		  echo '<tr>';
		  echo '<td>' . $field->name . '</td>';
		  echo '<td>' . strtoupper($field->type) . '</td>';
		  echo '<td>' . $field->max_length . '</td>';
		  echo '</tr>';

		  // Move the internal seek pointer to the next
		  // row in the result set
		  mssql_field_seek($query, $i + 1);
	      }

	      echo '</tbody>';
	      echo '</table>';

	      // Free the query result
	      mssql_free_result($query);
	      ?>

SEE ALSO

       mssql_fetch_field(3).

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