# mssql_fetch_batch

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.4, PHP 5, PECL odbtp >= 1.1.1)

mssql_fetch_batch — Returns the next batch of records

Warning

This function was REMOVED in PHP 7.0.0.

### Description

mssql_fetch_batch ( resource `$result` ) : int

Returns the next batch of records.

### Parameters

`result`

  The result resource that is being evaluated. This result comes from a call to mssql_query().

### Return Values

Returns the number of rows in the returned batch.

### Examples

Example #1 mssql_fetch_batch() example

`<?php
// Connect to MSSQL and select the database
$link = mssql_connect('MANGO\SQLEXPRESS', 'sa', 'phpfi');
mssql_select_db('php', $link);
// Send a query
$result = mssql_query('SELECT * FROM [php].[dbo].[people]', $link, 100);
$records = 10;
while ($records >= 0) {
while ($row = mssql_fetch_assoc($result)) {
// Do stuff ...
}
--$records;
}
if ($batchsize = mssql_fetch_batch($result)) {
// $batchsize is the number of records left
// in the result, but not shown above
}
?>`