1mysql_stmt_result_metadata(3) MariaDB Connector/Cmysql_stmt_result_metadata(3)
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5 Name
6 mysql_stmt_result_metadata - Returns result set metadata from a pre‐
7 pared statement.
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9 Synopsis
10 #include <mysql.h>
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12 MYSQL_RES * mysql_stmt_result_metadata(MYSQL_STMT * stmt);
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14 Description
15 If a statement passed to mysql_stmt_prepare(3) is one that produces a
16 result set, mysql_stmt_result_metadata() returns the result set that
17 can be used to process the meta information such as total number of
18 fields and individual field information.
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20 Parameter
21 • stmt - a statement handle, which was previously allocated by
22 mysql_stmt_init(3).
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24 Return value
25 Returns a result set that can be used to process metadata information.
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27 Notes
28 • The result set returned by mysql_stmt_result_metadata() contains only
29 metadata. It does not contain any row results. The rows are ob‐
30 tained by mysql_stmt_fetch(3).
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32 • This result set pointer can be passed as an argument to any of the
33 field-based functions that process result set metadata, such as:
34 mysql_num_fields(3), mysql_fetch_field(3), mysql_fetch_field_di‐
35 rect(3), mysql_fetch_fields(3), mysql_field_count(3),
36 mysql_field_seek(3), mysql_field_tell(3), mysql_free_result(3)
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38 See Also
39 • mariadb_stmt_fetch_fields(3)
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41 • mysql_free_result(3)
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43 • mysql_stmt_prepare(3)
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47Version 3.3.1 mysql_stmt_result_metadata(3)