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ifx_fieldproperties

(PHP 3 >= 3.0.3, PHP 4, PHP 5)

ifx_fieldproperties -- List of SQL fieldproperties

Description

array ifx_fieldproperties ( resource result_id )

Returns the Informix SQL fieldproperties of every field in the query as an associative array. Properties are encoded as: "SQLTYPE;length;precision;scale;ISNULLABLE" where SQLTYPE = the Informix type like "SQLVCHAR" etc. and ISNULLABLE = "Y" or "N".

Parameters

result_id: result_id is a valid resultid returned by ifx_query() or ifx_prepare() (select type queries only!).

Return Values

Returns an associative array with fieldnames as key and the SQL fieldproperties as data for a query with result_id. Returns FALSE on errors.

Examples

Example 1. Informix SQL fieldproperties


<?php
$properties = ifx_fieldproperties($resultid);
if (!isset($properties)) {
    /* ... error ... */
}
foreach ($properties as $fname => $val) {
    echo "$fname:\t property = $val\n";
}
?>