maxdb_field_count
    (no version information, might be only in CVS)
maxdb_field_count
    (no version information, might be only in CVS)
maxdb->field_count -- Returns the number of columns for the most recent query
Description
Procedural style:
int 
maxdb_field_count ( object link )
Object oriented style (method):
class 
maxdb { 
int 
field_count ( void  )
}
     Returns the number of columns for the most recent query on the connection
     represented by the link parameter. This function
     can be useful when using the maxdb_store_result()
     function to determine if the query should have produced a non-empty result
     set or not without knowing the nature of the query.
    
Return values
An integer representing the number of fields in a result set
Example
     
| Example 1. Object oriented style | 
<?php$maxdb = new maxdb("localhost", "MONA", "RED", "DEMODB");
 
 maxdb_report (MAXDB_REPORT_OFF);
 $maxdb->query("DROP TABLE friends");
 maxdb_report (MAXDB_REPORT_ERROR);
 
 $maxdb->query( "CREATE TABLE friends (id int, name varchar(20))");
 
 $maxdb->query( "INSERT INTO friends VALUES (1,'Hartmut')");
 $maxdb->query( "INSERT INTO friends VALUES (2, 'Ulf')");
 
 if ($maxdb->field_count()) {
 /* this was a select/show or describe query */
 $result = $maxdb->store_result();
 
 /* process resultset */
 $row = $result->fetch_row();
 
 /* free resultset */
 $result->close();
 }
 
 /* close connection */
 $maxdb->close();
 ?>
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     | Example 2. Procedural style | 
<?php$link = maxdb_connect("localhost", "MONA", "RED", "DEMODB");
 
 maxdb_report (MAXDB_REPORT_OFF);
 maxdb_query($link,"DROP TABLE friends");
 maxdb_report (MAXDB_REPORT_ERROR);
 
 maxdb_query($link, "CREATE TABLE friends (id int, name varchar(20))");
 
 maxdb_query($link, "INSERT INTO friends VALUES (1,'Hartmut')");
 maxdb_query($link, "INSERT INTO friends VALUES (2, 'Ulf')");
 
 if (maxdb_field_count($link)) {
 /* this was a select/show or describe query */
 $result = maxdb_store_result($link);
 
 /* process resultset */
 $row = maxdb_fetch_row($result);
 
 /* free resultset */
 maxdb_free_result($result);
 }
 
 /* close connection */
 maxdb_close($link);
 ?>
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