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# maxdb_fetch_field_direct

(PECL)

maxdb_fetch_field_direct

(no version information, might be only in CVS)

result->fetch_field_direct -- Fetch meta-data for a single field

## Description

Procedural style:

mixed maxdb_fetch_field_direct ( resource result, int fieldnr )

Object oriented style (method):

class result {
mixed fetch_field_direct ( int fieldnr )
}

maxdb_fetch_field_direct() returns an resource which contains field definition informations from specified resultset. The value of fieldnr must be in the range from 0 to number of fields - 1.

## Return values

Returns an resource which contains field definition informations or `FALSE` if no field information for specified fieldnr is available.

Table 1. Object attributes

Attribute | Description
--- | ---
name | The name of the column
max_length | The maximum width of the field for the result set.
type | The data type used for this field
decimals | The number of decimals used (for integer fields)

## See also

maxdb_num_fields() maxdb_fetch_field() maxdb_fetch_fields()

## Example

Example 1. Object oriented style
`<?php $maxdb = new maxdb("localhost", "MONA", "RED", "DEMODB"); /* check connection */ if (maxdb_connect_errno()) { printf("Connect failed: %s\n", maxdb_connect_error()); exit(); } $query = "SELECT name, cno from hotel.customer ORDER BY name"; if ($result = $maxdb->query($query)) { /* Get field information for column 'SurfaceArea' */ $finfo = $result->fetch_field_direct(1); printf("Name: %s\n", $finfo->name); printf("Table: %s\n", $finfo->table); printf("max. Len: %d\n", $finfo->max_length); printf("Flags: %d\n", $finfo->flags); printf("Type: %d\n", $finfo->type); $result->close(); } /* close connection */ $maxdb->close(); ?>`

Example 2. Procedural style
`<?php $link = maxdb_connect("localhost", "MONA", "RED", "DEMODB"); /* check connection */ if (maxdb_connect_errno()) { printf("Connect failed: %s\n", maxdb_connect_error()); exit(); } $query = "SELECT name, cno from hotel.customer ORDER BY name"; if ($result = maxdb_query($link, $query)) { /* Get field information for column 'cno' */ $finfo = maxdb_fetch_field_direct($result, 1); printf("Name: %s\n", $finfo->name); printf("Table: %s\n", $finfo->table); printf("max. Len: %d\n", $finfo->max_length); printf("Flags: %d\n", $finfo->flags); printf("Type: %d\n", $finfo->type); maxdb_free_result($result); } /* close connection */ maxdb_close($link); ?>`

The above examples would produce the following output:

    Name:     CNO
    Table:
    max. Len: 4
    Flags:    -1
    Type:     0

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