# ingres_field_scale

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.2, PHP 5 < 5.1.0, PECL ingres >= 1.0.0)

ingres_field_scale — Get the scale of a field

### Description

ingres_field_scale ( resource `$result` , int `$index` ) : int

ingres_field_scale() returns the scale of a field. This value is used only for the decimal SQL data type. For detailed information, see the Ingres `OpenAPI User Guide`, Appendix `"Data Types"` in the Ingres documentation.

> Note: Related Configurations

> See ingres.array_index_start in Runtime Configuration

### Parameters

`result`

  The query result identifier

`index`

  `index` is the field whose scale will be retrieved.

  The possible values of `index` depend upon the value of ingres.array_index_start. If ingres.array_index_start is `1` (the default) then `index` must be between `1` and the value returned by ingres_num_fields(). If ingres.array_index_start is `0` then `index` must be between `0` and ingres_num_fields()`- 1`.

### Return Values

Returns the scale of the field, as an integer

### See Also

- ingres_query() - Send an SQL query to Ingres
- ingres_fetch_array() - Fetch a row of result into an array
- ingres_fetch_assoc() - Fetch a row of result into an associative array
- ingres_fetch_object() - Fetch a row of result into an object
- ingres_fetch_row() - Fetch a row of result into an enumerated array