SPI_gettype

Name

SPI_gettype -- return the data type name of the specified column

Synopsis

char * SPI_gettype(TupleDesc rowdesc, int colnumber)

Description

Note: At present, this section is just taken from PostgreSQL documentation and is subject to revision for Postgres-XC.

SPI_gettype returns a copy of the data type name of the specified column. (You can use pfree to release the copy of the name when you don't need it anymore.)

Arguments

Note: At present, this section is just taken from PostgreSQL documentation and is subject to revision for Postgres-XC.

TupleDesc rowdesc

input row description

int colnumber

column number (count starts at 1)

Return Value

Note: At present, this section is just taken from PostgreSQL documentation and is subject to revision for Postgres-XC.

The data type name of the specified column, or NULL on error. SPI_result is set to SPI_ERROR_NOATTRIBUTE on error.