===== Syntax =====

<code php>
bool mysql_data_seek(resource $result, in $rowno)
</code>

//(PHP 4, PHP 5)//

^ $result | The query result that we want to modify. |
^ $rowno | Offset to the row number to navigate to.  This number must be between 0 and rowcount - 1. |
^ RETURNS | **True** if the seek operation was successful, **False** otherwise. |

===== What it Does =====

Allows you to randomly access the results of a query by seeking (or moving) the internal record pointer to the specified position. Subsequent calls to **mysql_fetch...** will retrieve rows starting from this position.

You can move backwards and forwards in the result set using calls to this function.

===== Example =====

<code php>
// open the mysql resource
$res = mysql_connect($server, $user, $pass);

// retrieve the mysql character encoding
$data = mysql_query('SELECT * FROM tblState');

// attempt to seek to a specified position
if (!mysql_data_seek($data, 10))
	echo 'Seek to record 10 failed!';
</code>