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# ifx_fieldproperties

ifx_fieldproperties -- List of SQL fieldproperties

## Description

`array ifx_fieldproperties`(int result_id);

Returns an associative array with fieldnames as key and the SQL fieldproperties as data for a query with `result_id`. Returns FALSE on error.

Returns the Informix SQL fieldproperies of every field in the query as an associative array. Properties are encoded as: "SQLTYPE;length;precision;scale;ISNULLABLE" where SQLTYPE = the Informix type like "SQLVCHAR" etc. and ISNULLABLE = "Y" or "N".

Example 1. Informix SQL fieldproperties
      1
      2 $properties = ifx_fieldtypes ($resultid);
      3 if (! isset($properties)) {
      4   ... error ...
      5 }
      6 for ($i = 0; $i < count($properties); $i++) {
      7     $fname = key ($properties);
      8     printf ("%s:\t type =  %s\n", $fname, $properties[$fname]);
      9     next ($properties);
     10 }
     11

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