(PHP 4, PHP 5, PECL odbtp >= 1.1.1)
mssql_field_length — Get the length of a field
Returns the length of field no. offset in result .
The result resource that is being evaluated. This result comes from a call to mssql_query().
The field offset, starts at 0. If omitted, the current field is used.
The length of the specified field index on success, or FALSE on failure.
Example #1 mssql_field_length() example
<?php
// Connect MSSQL
mssql_connect('MANGO\SQLEXPRESS', 'sa', 'phpfi');
mssql_select_db('php');
// Send a select query to MSSQL
$query = mssql_query('SELECT [name], [age] FROM [php].[dbo].[persons]');
// Print the field type and length
echo 'The field \'age\' has a data length of ' . mssql_field_length($query, 1);
// Free the query result
mssql_free_result($query);
?>
위 예제의 출력 예시:
The field 'age' has a data length of 4
Note: Note to Windows Users
Due to a limitation in the underlying API used by PHP (MS DBLib C API), the length of VARCHAR fields is limited to 255. If you need to store more data, use a TEXT field instead.