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<refentry id="function.sybase-fetch-assoc">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>sybase_fetch_assoc</refname>
  <refpurpose>Fetch a result row as an associative array</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>
 <refsect1>
  <title>Description</title>
   <methodsynopsis>
    <type>array</type><methodname>sybase_fetch_assoc</methodname>
    <methodparam><type>resource</type><parameter>result</parameter></methodparam>
   </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   Returns an array that corresponds to the fetched row, or
   &false; if there are no more rows.
  </para>
  
  &sybase.ct.only;
  
  <para>
   <function>sybase_fetch_assoc</function> is a version of
   <function>sybase_fetch_row</function> that uses column names
   instead of integers for indices in the result array. Columns from
   different tables with the same names are returned as 
   name, name1, name2, ..., nameN.
  </para>
  <para>
   An important thing to note is that using
   <function>sybase_fetch_assoc</function> is NOT significantly
   slower than using <function>sybase_fetch_row</function>, while it
   provides a significant added value.
  </para>
  <para>
   See also
   <function>sybase_fetch_array</function>, 
   <function>sybase_fetch_object</function> and 
   <function>sybase_fetch_row</function>.
  </para>
 </refsect1>
</refentry>

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