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<refentry xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xml:id="function.maxdb-data-seek">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>maxdb_data_seek</refname>
  <refname>maxdb_result::data_seek</refname>
  <refpurpose>Adjusts the result pointer to an arbitary row in the result</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>

 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <para>&style.procedural;</para>
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type>bool</type><methodname>maxdb_data_seek</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>resource</type><parameter>result</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam><type>int</type><parameter>offset</parameter></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>&style.oop;</para>
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type>bool</type><methodname>maxdb_result::data_seek</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>int</type><parameter>offset</parameter></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   The <function>maxdb_data_seek</function> function seeks to an arbitrary result pointer
   specified by the <parameter>offset</parameter> in the result set represented by
   <parameter>result</parameter>. The <parameter>offset</parameter> parameter must be between
   zero and the total number of rows minus one (0..<function>maxdb_num_rows</function> - 1).
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   &return.success;
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="examples">
  &reftitle.examples;
  <example>
   <title>&style.oop;</title>
   <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
/* Open a connection */
$maxdb = new maxdb("localhost", "MONA", "RED", "DEMODB");

/* check connection */
if (maxdb_connect_errno()) {
   printf("Connect failed: %s\n", maxdb_connect_error());
   exit();
}

$query = "SELECT name, state FROM hotel.city ORDER BY name";
if ($result = $maxdb->query( $query)) {

   /* seek to row no. 10 */
   $result->data_seek(10);

   /* fetch row */
   $row = $result->fetch_row();

   printf ("City: %s  State: %s\n", $row[0], $row[1]);

   /* free result set*/
   $result->close();
}

/* close connection */
$maxdb->close();
?>
]]>
   </programlisting>
  </example>
  <example>
   <title>&style.procedural;</title>
   <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$link = maxdb_connect("localhost", "MONA", "RED", "DEMODB");

/* check connection */
if (!$link) {
   printf("Connect failed: %s\n", maxdb_connect_error());
   exit();
}

$query = "SELECT name, state FROM hotel.city ORDER BY name";

if ($result = maxdb_query($link, $query)) {

   /* seek to row no. 400 */
   maxdb_data_seek($result, 10);

   /* fetch row */
   $row = maxdb_fetch_row($result);

   printf ("City: %s  State: %s\n", $row[0], $row[1]);

   /* free result set*/
   maxdb_free_result($result);
}

/* close connection */
maxdb_close($link);
?>
]]>
   </programlisting>
  </example>
  &example.outputs.similar;
  <screen>
<![CDATA[
City: Irvine  State: CA
]]>
  </screen>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <para>
   <simplelist>
    <member><function>maxdb_store_result</function></member>
    <member><function>maxdb_fetch_row</function></member>
    <member><function>maxdb_num_rows</function></member>
   </simplelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

</refentry>

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