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sqlanywhere_fetch_field


Prototype

object sqlanywhere_fetch_field( resource result_identifier [, field_offset ] )
Description
Returns an object that contains information about a specific column.
Parameters
result_identifier      The result identifier returned by a sqlanywhere_query function.

field_offset      An integer representing the column/field on which you wish to retrieve information. Columns are zero based; to get the first column, specify the value 0. If this parameter is omitted, then the next field object is returned.
Returns
An object that has the following properties:
  • id      contains the field/column number
  • name      contains the field/column name
  • numeric      indicates whether or not the field is a numeric value
  • length      returns field length
  • type      returns field type
Example
This example shows how to use sqlanywhere_fetch_field to retrieve all the column information for a result set.

$result = sqlanywhere_query( $conn, "SELECT GivenName, Surname FROM Employees" );
while( ($field = sqlanywhere_fetch_field( $result )) ) {
     echo " Field id = $field->id \n";
     echo " Field name = $field->name \n";
}

Related functions
sqlanywhere_data_seek
sqlanywhere_fetch_array
sqlanywhere_fetch_row
sqlanywhere_fetch_object

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