maxdb_fetch_field_direct
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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) | 
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 |