mssql_result() returns the
contents of one cell from a MS SQL result set. The field
argument can be the field's offset, the field's name or the
field's table dot field's name (tablename.fieldname). If the
column name has been aliased ('select foo as bar from...'),
it uses the alias instead of the column name.
When working on large result sets, you should consider
using one of the functions that fetch an entire row
(specified below). As these functions return the contents of
multiple cells in one function call, they're MUCH quicker
than mssql_result(). Also, note that
specifying a numeric offset for the field argument is much
quicker than specifying a fieldname or tablename.fieldname
argument.
Recommended high-performance alternatives:
mssql_fetch_row(),
mssql_fetch_array(), and
mssql_fetch_object().