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  <refentry id="function.mysqli-data-seek">
   <refnamediv>
    <refname>mysqli_data_seek</refname>
    <refname>result->data_seek</refname>
    <refpurpose>Adjusts the result pointer to an arbitary row in the result</refpurpose>
   </refnamediv>
   <refsect1>
    <title>Description</title>
    <para>Procedural style:</para>
    <methodsynopsis>
     <type>bool</type><methodname>mysqli_data_seek</methodname>
     <methodparam><type>object</type><parameter>result</parameter></methodparam>
     <methodparam><type>int</type><parameter>offset</parameter></methodparam>
    </methodsynopsis>
    <para>Object oriented style (method):</para>
    <classsynopsis>
     <ooclass><classname>result</classname></ooclass>
     <methodsynopsis>
      <type>bool</type>
      <methodname>data_seek</methodname>
      <methodparam><type>int</type><parameter>offset</parameter></methodparam>
     </methodsynopsis>
    </classsynopsis>
    <para>
     The <function>mysqli_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>mysqli_num_rows</function> - 1).
    </para>
    <note>
     <para>
      This function can only be used with unbuffered results attained from the use of the
      <function>mysqli_store_result</function> or <function>mysqli_query</function> functions. 
     </para>
    </note>
   </refsect1>
   <refsect1>
    <title>Return values</title>
    <para>
     &return.success;
    </para>
   </refsect1>
   <refsect1>
    <title>See also</title>
    <para>
     <function>mysqli_store_result</function>,
     <function>mysqli_fetch_row</function>,
     <function>mysqli_num_rows</function>.
    </para>
   </refsect1>
   <refsect1>
    <title>Example</title>
    <example>
     <title>Object oriented style</title>
     <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
/* Open a connection */
$mysqli = new mysqli("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "world");

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

$query = "SELECT Name, CountryCode FROM City ORDER BY Name";
if ($result = $mysqli->query( $query)) {

    /* seek to row no. 400 */
    $result->data_seek(399);

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

    printf ("City: %s  Countrycode: %s\n", $row[0], $row[1]);
        
    /* free result set*/
    $result->close();
}

/* close connection */
$mysqli->close();
?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
    </example>
    <example>
     <title>Procedural style</title>
     <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
/* Open a connection */
$link = mysqli_connect("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "world");

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

$query = "SELECT Name, CountryCode FROM City ORDER BY Name";

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

    /* seek to row no. 400 */
    mysqli_data_seek($result, 399);

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

    printf ("City: %s  Countrycode: %s\n", $row[0], $row[1]);
        
    /* free result set*/
    mysqli_free_result($result);
}

/* close connection */
mysqli_close($link);
?>
]]>
     </programlisting>
    </example>
    <para>
     The above examples would produce the following output:
    </para>
    <screen>
<![CDATA[
City: Benin City  Countrycode: NGA
]]>
    </screen>
   </refsect1>
  </refentry>

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