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# mssql_fetch_field

(PHP 3 <= 3.0.18, PHP 4 >= 4.0.0)

mssql_fetch_field -- Get field information

## Description

``object mssql_fetch_field` (int result [, int field_offset])`

Returns an object containing field information.

mssql_fetch_field() can be used in order to obtain information about fields in a certain query result. If the field offset isn't specified, the next field that wasn't yet retrieved by mssql_fetch_field() is retrieved.

The properties of the object are:

- name - column name. if the column is a result of a function, this property is set to computed#N, where #N is a serial number.

- column_source - the table from which the column was taken

- max_length - maximum length of the column

- numeric - 1 if the column is numeric

See also mssql_field_seek().

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