MSSQL_FIELD_TYPE(3) MSSQL_FIELD_TYPE(3)
mssql_field_type - Gets the type of a field
SYNOPSIS
string mssql_field_type (resource $result, [int $offset = -1])
DESCRIPTION
Returns the type 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 type of the specified field index on success or FALSE on failure.
EXAMPLES
Example #1
mssql_field_type(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
$query = mssql_query('SELECT [name] FROM [php].[dbo].[persons]');
// Print the field type and length
echo ''' . mssql_field_name($query, 0) . '' is a type of ' .
strtoupper(mssql_field_type($query, 0)) .
'(' . mssql_field_length($query, 0) . ')';
// Free the query result
mssql_free_result($query);
?>
The above example will output something similar to:
SEE ALSO
mssql_field_length(3), mssql_field_name(3).
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