HARDCORE QUESTION: php/mssql/stored procedures problem

hello

its a fairly difficult question, please help if you can!!!!

problem - trying to make a php script that executes a stored procedure (sp) on a MSSQL (not mysql) database.

the problem is that i can only refer to each column in the recordset by its number not its name.

heres the php function below. The stored procedure is called sp_authorise.

PHP Code:

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function f_authorise_user($database, $link){ //this function returns the user type value of the current user logged in. 
     $user_type = "0"; 
     If($_SESSION["current_user"] !== ""){ //current user is logged in 
          $query = mssql_init("sp_authorise", $link); 
               // Bind the parameters 
               mssql_bind($query, "@username", $_SESSION['current_user'], SQLCHAR, false, false, 20); 
                
               $result = mssql_execute($query); 
               while($row = mssql_fetch_row($result)){ 
                    $user_type = $row[3]; 
               } 
     } 
     return $user_type; //return user type. if 0, this means  no user logged in or user inactive. other values refer to a logged in user of varying type. 
} 


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heres the sp:

CREATE PROCEDURE sp_authorise @username CHAR(20)
AS
SELECT * from [user] WHERE use_username=@username
GO

I can only refer to the column "use_type" in the database table by its recordset number, 3.

This will be a problem in the larger queries where i will have 200 or more columns (hence the need for SPs)


if anyone can help, very appreciated

- dgr