Seeks to a specific record of the result.
bool i5_data_seek (resource result, int Record_Number)
Parameters
result |
IBM i file resource.
|
record_number |
Number of the record to seek to, starting from 1.
|
Return
True if OK, false if failed.
I5_ERR_PHP_HDLBAD |
258 |
Bad connection handle |
I5_ERR_PHP_RESOURCE_BAD |
261 |
No resource found. |
I5_ERR_PHP_TYPEPARAM |
262 |
Type of element x in parameter -1 must be y. Type z was provided. |
I5_ERR_PHP_TYPEPARAM |
262 |
Type of element x in parameter -1 must be y. Type z was provided. |
I5_ERR_PHP_NBPARAM_BAD |
263 |
Wrong parameter count |
Details
i5_data_seek function moves internal result pointer associated to results set, presented as result (open file or request ID), to Record_Number specified line.
If the result set comes from a file, it's an absolute record number that may not be record position.
If it's a request, it's the n th record in the result set.
Record_Number parameter is a numeric value, from 1 to number of rows in result set.
This function may be used with a result obtained from i5_query, i5_open or i5_execute.
Example
$query = i5_query("SELECT * FROM EASYCOM/SP_CUST");
if (is_bool($query)) {
$rech = i5_data_seek($query, 1) // first record
$record = i5_fetch_row($query, I5_READ_SEEK)
(…)
}
See also