world.DatabaseColumnText

MUSHclient script function (Method) — introduced in version 4.40

Returns the contents of an SQL column, as text

Prototype

BSTR DatabaseColumnText(BSTR DbName, long Column);

You can use this, after successfully doing a DatabaseStep, to get the data in a particular column, converted to text.

Columns start at 1 for the first column, up to the number returned by DatabaseColumns.

x = DatabaseColumnText ("db", 2)  --> the contents of column 2, converted to a text string

The contents of the column, as a string.

Function	Description
DatabaseColumnName	Find the name of a specified column returned by an SQL statement
DatabaseColumnNames	Return a table of all the columns returned by an SQL statement
DatabaseColumnType	Returns the type of data in an SQL column
DatabaseColumnValue	Returns the contents of an SQL column, as text, float, integer, or null
DatabaseColumnValues	Returns the contents of all the SQL columns after a step
DatabaseColumns	Find how many columns will be returned by an SQL statement
DatabaseError	Returns an English string describing the most recent SQL error
DatabaseExec	Executes SQL code against an SQLite database
DatabaseFinalize	Finalizes (wraps up) a previously-prepared SQL statement
DatabaseLastInsertRowid	Returns the most recently automatically allocated database key
DatabaseOpen	Opens an SQLite database
DatabasePrepare	Prepares an SQL statement for execution
DatabaseReset	Resets a previously-prepared SQL statement to the start