odbc_field_precision

int odbc_field_precision(resource result, int column)

Displays field length.

Returns:

Field length; FALSE on error

Description:

Displays the length of the field specified by a field number. Field numbering starts at 1.

This function is an alias for odbc_field_len().

Version:

Existing since version 3.0.6

Example:

Display field lengths
$db = odbc_connect("DSN","user","pass"); 
$sql = "SELECT * FROM Products"; 
$result = odbc_exec($db, $sql); 
odbc_fetch_row($result); 
for ($col=1; $col<=odbc_num_fields($result); $col++) {
   printf("Column %s has length %s\n", odbc_field_name($result, $col), 
      odbc_field_precision($result, $col)); 
}

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