ingres_field_type()

ingres_field_type - Get the type of a field in a query result

Syntax

string ingres_field_type (resource $result, int $index)

Arguments

• result - The query result identifier
• index - index is the field whose type 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

Get the type of a field in a query result.

Version

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

Return value

ingres_field_type() returns the type of a field in a query result or FALSE on failure. Examples of types returned are IIAPI_BYTE_TYPE, IIAPI_CHA_TYPE, IIAPI_DTE_TYPE, IIAPI_FLT_TYPE, IIAPI_INT_TYPE, IIAPI_VCH_TYPE. Some of these types can map to more than one SQL type depending on the length of the field (see ingres_field_length()). For example IIAPI_FLT_TYPE can be a float4 or a float8. For detailed information, see the Ingres OpenAPI User Guide, Appendix "Data Types" in the Ingres documentation.