ingres_field_scale()

ingres_field_scale - Get the scale of a field

Syntax

int ingres_field_scale (resource $result, int $index)

Arguments

• result - The query result identifier
• index - index is the field whose scale will be retrieved. The possible values of index depend upon the value of ingres.array_index_start. If ingres.array_index_startis 1(the default) then index must be between 1and the value returned by ingres_num_fields(). If ingres.array_index_startis 0then index must be between 0and ingres_num_fields() - 1.

Description

ingres_field_scale() returns the scale of a field. This value is used only for the decimal SQL data type. For detailed information, see the Ingres OpenAPI User Guide, Appendix "Data Types"in the Ingres documentation.

Version

PHP 4.0.2, 5 <= 5.0.5, PECL ingres >= 1.0.0

Return value

Returns the scale of the field, as an integer