Returns information about a given cursor column as an associative array.

Syntax

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edb_colinfo(<CursorHandle>, <ColumnNumber> | <ColumnName>)

<CursorHandle> =

Handle of cursor returned by edb_execute function

<ColumnNumber> = Ordinal position of column

<ColumnName> = Name of column

Returns

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Associative array of column information
if successful, or FALSE if there are any errors

Usage

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The edb_colinfo function returns the following information about the specified column:


Examples

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<?php

// The following script connects to an ElevateDB
// Server and database, prepares a parameterized
// SELECT statement, executes the statement, and
// then displays the cursor column information
// using the var_dump() function

$con = edb_connect("type=remote;charset=Ansi;address=127.0.0.1;"+
                   "uid=Administrator;pwd=EDBDefault;database=Test");
if (!$con)
  {
  die("Could not connect: " . edb_errmsg());
  }

$cmd = edb_prepare($con,"SELECT State, COUNT(State) AS Total FROM customer GROUP BY State");

$cursor = edb_execute($cmd);

var_dump(edb_colinfo($cursor,"Total"));

edb_disconnect($con);
?>