The mi_column_name() function

The mi_column_name() function obtains the name of a specified column from a row descriptor.

Syntax

mi_string *mi_column_name(row_desc, column_id)
   MI_ROW_DESC *row_desc;
   mi_integer column_id;
row_desc
A pointer to the row descriptor for the row that contains the column.
column_id
indicates the column identifier, which specifies the position of the column in the specified row descriptor. Column numbering follows C array-indexing conventions: the first column in the row descriptor is at position zero.
Valid in client LIBMI application? Valid in user-defined routine?
Yes Yes

Usage

A row descriptor can describe the structure of a row in a table or the structure of a row type. From the row descriptor that row_desc references, the mi_column_name() function obtains the name of a column for either structure:
  • The name of the column at position column_id in the row
  • The name of the field at position column_id for the row type

The name that mi_column_name() returns is a pointer to a null-terminated string.

Server only: The mi_column_name() function allocates memory in the current memory duration for the string that it returns.

For more information about row descriptors, see the Informix® DataBlade® API Programmer's Guide.

Return values

An mi_string pointer
A pointer to the null-terminated column or field name.
NULL
The function was not successful.