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`mysql_fetch_field_direct()'
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`MYSQL_FIELD *mysql_fetch_field_direct(MYSQL_RES *result, unsigned int
fieldnr)'

Description
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Given a field number `fieldnr' for a column within a result set, returns
that column's field definition as a `MYSQL_FIELD' structure. You may use
this function to retrieve the definition for an arbitrary column.  The
value of `fieldnr' should be in the range from 0 to
`mysql_num_fields(result)-1'.

Return Values
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The `MYSQL_FIELD' structure for the specified column.

Errors
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None.

Example
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     unsigned int num_fields;
     unsigned int i;
     MYSQL_FIELD *field;
     
     num_fields = mysql_num_fields(result);
     for(i = 0; i < num_fields; i++)
     {
         field = mysql_fetch_field_direct(result, i);
         printf("Field %u is %s\n", i, field->name);
     }


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