processing-results-retrieve-result-set-information.md

title	Retrieve Result Set Information (ODBC) | Microsoft Docs
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Retrieve Result Set Information (ODBC)

To get information about a result set

1. Call SQLNumResultCols to get the number of columns in the result set.

2. For each column in the result set:

   • Call SQLDescribeCol to get information about the result column.

   Or

   • Call SQLColAttribute to get specific descriptor information about the result column.

See Also

Processing Results How-to Topics (ODBC)
Determining the Characteristics of a Result Set (ODBC)