mysql_fetch_field_direct(3)

mysql_fetch_field_direct3

Name

mysql_fetch_field_direct - Returns a pointer to a MYSQL_FIELD structure

Synopsis

#include <mysql.h>
MYSQL_FIELD * mysql_fetch_field_direct(MYSQL_RES * res,
                                       unsigned int fieldnr);

Description

Returns a pointer to a MYSQL_FIELD structure which contains field information from the specified result set. ### Parameter * res - a result set identifier returned by mysql_store_result(3) or mysql_use_result(3). * fieldnr - the field number. This value must be within the range from 0 to number of fields - 1 ### Notes * The total number of fields can be obtained by mysql_field_count()

Return value

Pointer to a MYSQL_FIELD structure or NULL if an invalid field number was specified

See also

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mysql_fetch_field(3)

•

mysql_field_count(3)

Releases

3 releases since Debian 12 (Bookworm); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 12
  2. 13–Arch

From mariadb 13.0.2-2 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Also shipped by mariadb-lts. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.