maxdb_field_count maxdb->field_count Returns the number of columns for the most recent query &reftitle.description; Procedural style: intmaxdb_field_count resourcelink Object oriented style (method): maxdb int field_count Returns the number of columns for the most recent query on the connection represented by the link parameter. This function can be useful when using the maxdb_store_result function to determine if the query should have produced a non-empty result set or not without knowing the nature of the query. &reftitle.returnvalues; An integer representing the number of fields in a result set. &reftitle.examples; query("DROP TABLE friends"); maxdb_report (MAXDB_REPORT_ERROR); $maxdb->query( "CREATE TABLE friends (id int, name varchar(20))"); $maxdb->query( "INSERT INTO friends VALUES (1,'Hartmut')"); $maxdb->query( "INSERT INTO friends VALUES (2, 'Ulf')"); if ($maxdb->field_count()) { /* this was a select/show or describe query */ $result = $maxdb->store_result(); /* process resultset */ $row = $result->fetch_row(); /* free resultset */ $result->close(); } /* close connection */ $maxdb->close(); ?> ]]> ]]> The above example produces no output.