maxdb_fetch_field_direct result->fetch_field_direct Fetch meta-data for a single field Procedural style: mixedmaxdb_fetch_field_direct resourceresult intfieldnr Object oriented style (method): result mixed fetch_field_direct intfieldnr maxdb_fetch_field_direct returns an resource which contains field definition informations from specified resultset. The value of fieldnr must be in the range from 0 to number of fields - 1. Returns an resource which contains field definition informations or &false; if no field information for specified fieldnr is available. Attribute Description name The name of the column max_length The maximum width of the field for the result set. type The data type used for this field decimals The number of decimals used (for integer fields) maxdb_num_fields maxdb_fetch_field maxdb_fetch_fields query($query)) { /* Get field information for column 'SurfaceArea' */ $finfo = $result->fetch_field_direct(1); printf("Name: %s\n", $finfo->name); printf("Table: %s\n", $finfo->table); printf("max. Len: %d\n", $finfo->max_length); printf("Flags: %d\n", $finfo->flags); printf("Type: %d\n", $finfo->type); $result->close(); } /* close connection */ $maxdb->close(); ?> ]]> name); printf("Table: %s\n", $finfo->table); printf("max. Len: %d\n", $finfo->max_length); printf("Flags: %d\n", $finfo->flags); printf("Type: %d\n", $finfo->type); maxdb_free_result($result); } /* close connection */ maxdb_close($link); ?> ]]> The above examples would produce the following output: