SPI_gettype
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, or NULL on error.
Usage
Attribute numbers are 1 based.
Algorithm
Returns a newly-allocated copy of the type name. (Use pfree()
to release the copy when done with it.)