dbGetColumnIndexByName(3dba)

dbGetColumnIndexByName -- return a field's column index based on its name

Synopsis

cc [flag ...] file ... -kthread -leels [library] ...

#include <eelsdba.h>

int dbGetColumnIndexByName(
	DBresult *result,
	char *name);

dbGetColumnIndexByName returns the column index of a database field based on its name.

result: (Input) A pointer to a DBResult structure returned from a previous call to dbQuery(3dba).
name: (Input) The name of a database field.

If successful, dbGetColumnIndexByName returns the field index. Otherwise, it returns -1.

An application can call dbGetError(3dba) to obtain the error message returned from the database.