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<h1 class="refname">maxdb_fetch_field_direct</h1>
<h1 class="refname">maxdb_result::fetch_field_direct</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PECL maxdb >= 1.0)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">maxdb_fetch_field_direct</span> -- <span class="refname">maxdb_result::fetch_field_direct</span> — <span class="dc-title">Fetch meta-data for a single field</span></p>
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<div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-function.maxdb-fetch-field-direct-description">
<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<p class="para">Procedural style</p>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type"><a href="language.pseudo-types.html#language.types.mixed" class="type mixed">mixed</a></span> <span class="methodname"><strong>maxdb_fetch_field_direct</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">resource</span> <code class="parameter">$result</code></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">int</span> <code class="parameter">$fieldnr</code></span>
)</div>
<p class="para rdfs-comment">Object oriented style</p>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type"><a href="language.pseudo-types.html#language.types.mixed" class="type mixed">mixed</a></span> <span class="methodname"><strong>maxdb_result::fetch_field_direct</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">int</span> <code class="parameter">$fieldnr</code></span>
)</div>
<p class="para rdfs-comment">
<span class="function"><strong>maxdb_fetch_field_direct()</strong></span> returns an resource which contains
field definition information from specified resultset. The value of fieldnr must be in the
range from <em>0</em> to <em>number of fields - 1</em>.
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.maxdb-fetch-field-direct-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
Returns an resource which contains field definition information or <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> if no field information
for specified <em>fieldnr</em> is available.
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<p class="para">
<table class="doctable table">
<caption><strong>Object attributes</strong></caption>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Attribute</th>
<th>Description</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody class="tbody">
<tr>
<td>name</td>
<td>The name of the column</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>max_length</td>
<td>The maximum width of the field for the result set.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>type</td>
<td>The data type used for this field</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>decimals</td>
<td>The number of decimals used (for integer fields)</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</p>
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<div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-function.maxdb-fetch-field-direct-examples">
<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
<div class="example" id="example-1257">
<p><strong>Example #1 Object oriented style</strong></p>
<div class="example-contents">
<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$maxdb </span><span style="color: #007700">= new </span><span style="color: #0000BB">maxdb</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"localhost"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"MONA"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"RED"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"DEMODB"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">/* check connection */<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">if (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">maxdb_connect_errno</span><span style="color: #007700">()) {<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">printf</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Connect failed: %s\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">maxdb_connect_error</span><span style="color: #007700">());<br /> exit();<br />}<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$query </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"SELECT name, cno from hotel.customer ORDER BY name"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /><br />if (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$result </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$maxdb</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">query</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$query</span><span style="color: #007700">)) {<br /><br /> </span><span style="color: #FF8000">/* Get field information for column 'SurfaceArea' */<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$finfo </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$result</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">fetch_field_direct</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">1</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">printf</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Name: %s\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$finfo</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">name</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">printf</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Table: %s\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$finfo</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">table</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">printf</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"max. Len: %d\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$finfo</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">max_length</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">printf</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Flags: %d\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$finfo</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">flags</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">printf</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Type: %d\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$finfo</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">type</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$result</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">close</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br />}<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">/* close connection */<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$maxdb</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">close</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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</code></div>
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<div class="example" id="example-1258">
<p><strong>Example #2 Procedural style</strong></p>
<div class="example-contents">
<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$link </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">maxdb_connect</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"localhost"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"MONA"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"RED"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"DEMODB"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">/* check connection */<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">if (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">maxdb_connect_errno</span><span style="color: #007700">()) {<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">printf</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Connect failed: %s\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">maxdb_connect_error</span><span style="color: #007700">());<br /> exit();<br />}<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$query </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"SELECT name, cno from hotel.customer ORDER BY name"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /><br />if (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$result </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">maxdb_query</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$link</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$query</span><span style="color: #007700">)) {<br /><br /> </span><span style="color: #FF8000">/* Get field information for column 'cno' */<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$finfo </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">maxdb_fetch_field_direct</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$result</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">1</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">printf</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Name: %s\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$finfo</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">name</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">printf</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Table: %s\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$finfo</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">table</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">printf</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"max. Len: %d\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$finfo</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">max_length</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">printf</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Flags: %d\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$finfo</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">flags</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">printf</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Type: %d\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$finfo</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">type</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">maxdb_free_result</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$result</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br />}<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">/* close connection */<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">maxdb_close</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$link</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
</span>
</code></div>
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<p class="para">The above example will output
something similar to:</p>
<div class="example-contents screen">
<div class="cdata"><pre>
Name: CNO
Table:
max. Len: 4
Flags: -1
Type: 0
</pre></div>
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<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-function.maxdb-fetch-field-direct-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
<p class="para">
<ul class="simplelist">
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.maxdb-num-fields.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">maxdb_num_fields()</a> - Get the number of fields in a result</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.maxdb-fetch-field.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">maxdb_fetch_field()</a> - Returns the next field in the result set</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.maxdb-fetch-fields.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">maxdb_fetch_fields()</a> - Returns an array of resources representing the fields in a result set</span></li>
</ul>
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