mssql_field_seek

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PECL odbtp >= 1.1.1)

Seeks to the specified field offset

bool mssql_field_seek ( resource $result, int $field_offset )

Seeks to the specified field offset. If the next call to mssql_fetch_field() won't include a field offset, this field would be returned.

Parameters:

result

The result resource that is being evaluated. This result comes from a call to mssql_query().

field_offset

The field offset, starts at 0.

Returns:

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

Examples:

Using mssql_field_seek() on the example for mssql_fetch_field()

<?php
// Connect to MSSQL and select the database
mssql_connect('MANGO\SQLEXPRESS', 'sa', 'phpfi');
mssql_select_db('php');

// Send a select query to MSSQL
$query = mssql_query('SELECT * FROM [php].[dbo].[persons]');

// Construct table
echo '<h3>Table structure for \'persons\'</h3>';
echo '<table border="1">';

// Table header
echo '<thead>';
echo '<tr>';
echo '<td>Field name</td>';
echo '<td>Data type</td>';
echo '<td>Max length</td>';
echo '</tr>';
echo '</thead>';

// Dump all fields
echo '<tbody>';

for ($i = 0; $i < mssql_num_fields($query); ++$i) {
    // Fetch the field information, notice the 
    // field_offset parameter is not set. See 
    // the mssql_field_seek call below
    $field = mssql_fetch_field($query);

    // Print the row
    echo '<tr>';
    echo '<td>' . $field->name . '</td>';
    echo '<td>' . strtoupper($field->type) . '</td>';
    echo '<td>' . $field->max_length . '</td>';
    echo '</tr>';

    // Move the internal seek pointer to the next
    // row in the result set
    mssql_field_seek($query, $i + 1);
}

echo '</tbody>';
echo '</table>';

// Free the query result
mssql_free_result($query);
?>