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mssql_field_length

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PECL odbtp:1.1.1-1.1.4)

mssql_field_length — Get the length of a field

Description

int mssql_field_length ( resource $result [, int $offset ] )

Returns the length of field no. offset in result .

Parameters

result

The result resource that is being evaluated. This result comes from a call to mssql_query().

offset

The field offset, starts at 0. If omitted, the current field is used.

Return Values

The length of the specified field index on success, or FALSE on failure.

Notes

Note: Note to Win32 Users Due to a limitation in the underlying API used by PHP (MS DbLib C API), the length of VARCHAR fields is limited to 255. If you need to store more data, use a TEXT field instead.