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SQL Server FAQ - Receiving Returning Result from a Query

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How To Receive Returning Result from a Query?

When you execute a SQL SELECT statement with the odbc_exec() function, you can capture the returning result with a result set object with the following syntax:

$result_set = odbc_exec($sql_statement);
#- The returning value could be a Boolean value FALSE, 
#- if the execution failed. 

Data rows and field values in the result set object can be retrieved using other ODBC functions as shown in the tutorial PHP script below:

<?php
  $con = odbc_connect('FYI_SQL_SERVER','sa','FYIcenter');

  $sql = 'SELECT GETDATE()';
  $res = odbc_exec($con, $sql);
  odbc_fetch_row($res);
  $date = odbc_result($res,1);
  print("Database current time: ". $date ."\n");

  odbc_close($con); 
?>

If you run this script, you will get something like this:

Database current time: 2007-06-02 22:07:05.110

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