mysql_field_seek()

You can call the mysql_field_seek() function to search for a column in a result set row.

Syntax

MYSQL_FIELD_OFFSET
mysql_field_seek(MYSQL_RES *result,
                 MYSQL_FIELD_OFFSET offset)

Return values

The previous value of the row cursor is returned.

Errors

None.

Notes

• mysql_field_seek() sets the field cursor to the given offset. The next call to mysql_fetch_field() retrieves the field definition of the column associated with this offset.

• To search for the beginning of a row, set the offset to 0.