MSSQL_FIELD_LENGTH(3) MSSQL_FIELD_LENGTH(3)
mssql_field_length - Get the length of a field
SYNOPSIS
int mssql_field_length (resource $result, [int $offset = -1])
DESCRIPTION
Returns the length of field no. $offset in $result.
PARAMETERS
o $result
- The result resource that is being evaluated. This result comes from a call to mssql_query(3).
o $offset
- The field offset, starts at 0. If omitted, the current field is used.
RETURN VALUES
The length of the specified field index on success or FALSE on failure.
EXAMPLES
Example #1
mssql_field_length(3) example
<?php
// Connect to MSSQL and select the database
mssql_connect('MANGOSQLEXPRESS', 'sa', 'phpfi');
mssql_select_db('php');
// Send a select query to MSSQL
$query = mssql_query('SELECT [name], [age] FROM [php].[dbo].[persons]');
// Print the field length
echo 'The field 'age' has a data length of ' . mssql_field_length($query, 1);
// Free the query result
mssql_free_result($query);
?>
The above example will output something similar to:
The field 'age' has a data length of 4
NOTES
Note
Note to Windows Users
Due to a limitation in the underlying API used by PHP (MS DBLib C API), the length of VARCHAR fields is limited to 255. If you need
to store more data, use a TEXT field instead.
SEE ALSO
mssql_field_name(3), mssql_field_type(3).
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