PHP Developer's Dictionary- P93:PHP is an open source, server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language used to create dynamically generated Web pages. With an easy-to-use syntax and a large, extensible library of modules, PHP brings together the best of Perl, C++, and other languages. | PHP Developer s Dictionary The odbc_fieid_ien function which is available from PHP to PHP along with PHP and higher returns the length of the field referenced by the fieid_number in the result set referenced by the resuit_id . Note that the column numbering starts at 1. odbc_free_result Syntax int odbc_free_result int result id Description The odbc_free_result function which is available from PHP to PHP along with PHP and higher frees the resources associated with the result set referenced by the resuit_id . Because the result set is automatically freed at the end of a script s processing it is normally not necessary to call this function. Note that if autocommit is not set any pending transactions are rolled back when this function is called. odbc_longreadlen Syntax int odbc_longreadlen int result id int length Description The odbc_iongreadien function which is available from PHP to PHP along with PHP and higher sets the number of bytes returned to PHP where 0 indicates that long column data is passed through to the client. odbc_num_fields Syntax int odbc_num_fields int result id Description IT-SC book 460 PHP Developer s Dictionary The odbc_num_fields function which is available from PHP to PHP along with PHP and higher returns the number of columns in the result set referenced by the resuit_id parameter. The return value will be FALSE if an error occurred. odbc_pconnect Syntax int odbc_pconnect string dsn string user string password int cursor_type Description The odbc_pconnect function which is available with PHP and higher establishes a persistent connection to an ODBC data source. The return value is a connection ID on success and FALSE otherwise. The optional parameter cursor_type can take the values sql_cur_use_if_needed sql_cur_use_odbc sql_cur_use_driver and sql_cur_default. The cursor_type parameter is not normally needed but can be useful for resolving ODBC driver-related .
