maxdb_stmt_result_metadata Returns result set metadata from a prepared statement Procedural style: resourcemaxdb_stmt_result_metadata resourcestmt Object oriented style (method): stmt resourceresult_metadata If a statement passed to maxdb_prepare is one that produces a result set, maxdb_stmt_result_metadata returns the result resource that can be used to process the meta information such as total number of fields and individual field information. This result set pointer can be passed as an argument to any of the field-based functions that process result set metadata, such as: maxdb_num_fields maxdb_fetch_field maxdb_fetch_field_direct maxdb_fetch_fields maxdb_field_count maxdb_field_seek maxdb_field_tell maxdb_free_result The result set structure should be freed when you are done with it, which you can do by passing it to maxdb_free_result The result set returned by maxdb_stmt_result_metadata contains only metadata. It does not contain any row results. The rows are obtained by using the statement handle with maxdb_fetch. &reftitle.returnvalues; maxdb_stmt_result_metadata returns a result resource or &false; if an error occured. maxdb_prepare, maxdb_free_result query("CREATE TABLE temp.friends (id int, name varchar(20))"); $maxdb->query("INSERT INTO temp.friends VALUES (1,'Hartmut')"); $maxdb->query("INSERT INTO temp.friends VALUES (2, 'Ulf')"); $stmt = $maxdb->prepare("SELECT id, name FROM temp.friends"); $stmt->execute(); /* get resultset for metadata */ $result = $stmt->result_metadata(); /* retrieve field information from metadata result set */ $field = $result->fetch_field(); printf("Fieldname: %s\n", $field->name); /* close resultset */ $result->close(); /* close connection */ $maxdb->close(); ?> ]]> name); /* close resultset */ maxdb_free_result($result); /* close connection */ maxdb_close($link); ?> ]]> The above examples would produce the following output: