(PHP 4, PHP 5)
sybase_fetch_field — Get field information from a result
$result
[, int $field_offset = -1
] )sybase_fetch_field() can be used in order to obtain information about fields in a certain query result.
result
field_offset
If the field offset isn't specified, the next field that wasn't yet retrieved by sybase_fetch_field() is retrieved.
Returns an object containing field information.
The properties of the object are:
anthony dot leung at virgin dot net (2003-06-25 11:44:59)
Bit short on comments and tips bout this one so head down to mysql_fetch_fields where the concept is the same. I seemed to get an infinite loop over there using the $i counter tho, so I used a for loop instead.
The list of properties you can get from what I've called $info is in the example to the mysql equivalent.
//start of an example to print out column headings
echo "<table><tr>";
$numfields=sybase_num_fields($query);
for ($f=0;$f<=$numfields;$f++){
$info = sybase_fetch_field($query);
echo "<td> $info->name </td>";
}
echo "</tr><tr>";
gray at voicenet dot com (1999-10-15 15:27:18)
The 'type' field contains (roughly) the datatype of the source column. Types returned are:
'type' Sybase Type
------- --------------------------
string CHAR, VARCHAR, TEXT
image IMAGE
blob BINARY, VARBINARY
bit BIT
int TINYINT, SMALLINT, INT
real REAL, FLOAT, NUMERIC, DECIMAL
money MONEY
datetime DATETIME, SMALLDATETIME