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Name
SPI_gettype -- Returns the type name of
the specified attribute
Synopsis
SPI_gettype(tupdesc, fnumber)
Inputs
- TupleDesc tupdesc
-
Input tuple description
- int fnumber
-
Attribute number
Outputs
- char *
-
The type name for the specified attribute number
- SPI_result
-
Description
SPI_gettype returns a copy of the
type name for the specified attribute.
Usage
Attribute numbers are 1 based.
Algorithm
Does not allocate new space for the binary value.