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mssql_fetch_field

Name

mssql_fetch_field — Displays information about a field.

Synopsis

object mssql_fetch_field(result[, field]); int result: Result identifier int field (optional): Field offset

Returns

Field information or FALSE on error

Description

Returns an object containing information about the field. The field offset is optional on second and subsequent calls and advances to the next field. Four properties are returned with the object:

`name`	`Name of the field`
`column_source`	`Table from which the column originated`
`max_length`	`Maximum length of the column`
`numeric`	`Flag indicating whether the field is of a numeric type`

Example

Example 767. Display field information

$db = @mssql_connect("server","sa","password") or die("Unable to connect to server");
mssql_select_db("pubs");
$result = mssql_query("SELECT a.au_fname, a.au_lname, t.royaltyper FROM authors AS a, titleauthor AS t WHERE t.au_id = a.au_id");
print("<table border=1>");
print("<tr><th>Name</th><th>Source</th><th>Length</th><th>Numeric</th></tr>");
while ($row = mssql_fetch_field($result)) {
    print("<tr>");
    printf("<td>%s</td>", $row->name);
    printf("<td>%s</td>", $row->column_source);
    printf("<td>%s</td>", $row->max_length);
    printf("<td>%s</td>", $row->numeric);
    print("</tr>\n");
}
print("</table>");

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