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# Retrieve Result Set Information (ODBC)
    
### To get information about a result set  
  
1.  Call [SQLNumResultCols](../native-client-odbc-api/sqlnumresultcols.md) to get the number of columns in the result set.  
  
2.  For each column in the result set:  
  
    -   Call [SQLDescribeCol](../native-client-odbc-api/sqldescribecol.md) to get information about the result column.  
  
     Or  
  
    -   Call [SQLColAttribute](../native-client-odbc-api/sqlcolattribute.md) to get specific descriptor information about the result column.  
  
## See Also  
 [Processing Results How-to Topics (ODBC)](../../database-engine/dev-guide/processing-results-how-to-topics-odbc.md)   
 [Determining the Characteristics of a Result Set (ODBC)](../native-client-odbc-results/determining-the-characteristics-of-a-result-set-odbc.md)