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 <refnamediv>
  <refname>sybase_fetch_field</refname>
  <refpurpose>Get field information from a result</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>
 
 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type>object</type><methodname>sybase_fetch_field</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>resource</type><parameter>result</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter>field_offset</parameter><initializer>-1</initializer></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   <function>sybase_fetch_field</function> can be used in order to
   obtain information about fields in a certain query result. 
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>result</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>field_offset</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       If the field offset isn't specified, the next field that wasn't yet
       retrieved by <function>sybase_fetch_field</function> is retrieved.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   Returns an object containing field information.
  </para>
  <para>
   The properties of the object are:
  </para>
  <itemizedlist>
   <listitem>
    <simpara>
     name - column name.  if the column is a result of a function, this
     property is set to computed#N, where #N is a serial number.
    </simpara>
   </listitem>
   <listitem>
    <simpara>
     column_source - the table from which the column was taken
    </simpara>
   </listitem>
   <listitem>
    <simpara>
     max_length - maximum length of the column
    </simpara>
   </listitem>
   <listitem>
    <simpara>
     numeric - 1 if the column is numeric
    </simpara>
   </listitem>
   <listitem>
    <simpara>
     type - datatype of the column
    </simpara>
   </listitem>
  </itemizedlist>
 </refsect1>

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

</refentry>

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