mysql_field_tell(3)

✨ Name ✨

mysql_field_tell — bestie, this one tells you exactly where the field cursor is sitting rn 💅

Okay so we're in the mysql_field_tell(3) page, part of the MariaDB Connector/C manual, and honestly? It's giving "tiny function, huge main character energy." Let's get into it. 🦋

🌸 Synopsis 🌸

#include <mysql.h>

MYSQL_FIELD_OFFSET mysql_field_tell(MYSQL_RES * result);

💖 Description 💖

So basically, this function returns the offset of the field cursor — the one that got used for the last mysql_fetch_field(3) call. 👑

And here's the slay part: you can take that value and pass it straight into mysql_field_seek(3) as a parameter. It's literally a save point for your cursor position. No cap. ✨

🎀 Parameter 🎀

• result — a result set identifier, returned by either mysql_store_result(3) or mysql_use_result(3). That's the whole list, bestie, just the one. 🫶

⭐ Return value ⭐

Returns the current offset of the field cursor. That's it, that's the whole vibe. 🌈

👑 See also 👑

• mysql_field_seek(3) — the one that takes the offset this function hands you. The duo. The friendship bracelet of the API. 💜

Version 3.4, and that's the whole mysql_field_tell(3) tea — stay curious, stay slaying, and go seek that field cursor 💖✨🎀🦋