ifx_fieldproperties

Description

Returns an associative array with fieldnames as key and the SQL fieldproperties as data for a query with result_id. Returns FALSE on error.

Returns the Informix SQL fieldproperties of every field in the query as an associative array. Properties are encoded as: "SQLTYPE;length;precision;scale;ISNULLABLE" where SQLTYPE = the Informix type like "SQLVCHAR" etc. and ISNULLABLE = "Y" or "N".

Example 1. Informix SQL fieldproperties <?php $properties = ifx_fieldproperties ($resultid); if (! isset($properties)) { ... error ... } for ($i = 0; $i < count($properties); $i++) { $fname = key ($properties); printf ("%s:\t type = %s\n", $fname, $properties[$fname]); next ($properties); } ?>