mysql_field_seek(3)

  Name
mysql_field_seek - sets the field cursor to given offset

  Synopsis

        #include <mysql.h>
        MYSQL_FIELD_OFFSET mysql_field_seek(MYSQL_RES * result,
                                            MYSQL_FIELD_OFFSET offset);

  Description
Sets the field cursor to the given offset. The next call to mysql_fetch_field(3) will retrieve the field definition of the column associated with that offset.

  Parameters

•   result - a result set identifier returned by mysql_store_result(3) or mysql_use_result(3).

•   offset - the field number. This number must be in the range from 0..number of fields - 1.

  Notes

•   The number of fields can be obtained from mysql_field_count(3) .

•   To move the field cursor to the first field offset parameter should be zero.

  Return value
Returns the previous value of the field cursor

  See also

•   mysql_field_tell(3)