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# sybase_fetch_field

(PHP 3, PHP 4 )

sybase_fetch_field -- get field information

## Description

object sybase_fetch_field ( int result [, int field_offset])

Returns an object containing field information.

sybase_fetch_field() can be used in order to obtain information about fields in a certain query result. If the field offset isn't specified, the next field that wasn't yet retreived by sybase_fetch_field() is retreived.

The properties of the object are:

- name - column name. if the column is a result of a function, this property is set to computed#N, where #N is a serial number.

- column_source - the table from which the column was taken

- max_length - maximum length of the column

- numeric - 1 if the column is numeric

- type - datatype of the column

See also sybase_field_seek()

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