ora_columnsize

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ora_columnsize — Returns the size of an Oracle result column

Description

int ora_columnsize ( resource $cursor , int $column )

Returns the size of a column on the cursor .

Parameters

cursor: An Oracle cursor, opened with ora_open().
column: The column number. First is 0.

Return Values

Returns the size as an integer, or FALSE on error.

ChangeLog

Version	Description
5.1.0	The oracle extension is deprecated in favor of oci8.

Notes

When using oci8 as a replacement for the deprecated oracle extension, consider using:

oci_field_size()

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ora_columnsize

jjuffermans at chello dot com
15-Mar-2001 10:04


ora_columnsize (probably) returns the number of bytes per row/column. If you want the precision and scale for NUMBER columns, have a look at the oracle system database "user_tab_columns". It shows some other usefull information too.

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Last updated: Sun, 25 Nov 2007