Method Search.Database.Base()->get_field_id()

Method get_field_id

int get_field_id(string field, void|int do_not_create)

Description

Retrieve and possibly creates the numeric id of a field

Parameter field

The (possibly wide string) field name wanted.

Parameter do_not_create

If non-zero, do not allocate a field id for this field

Returns

An allocated numeric id, or -1 if it did not exist, or allocation failed.