SPI_fnumber
Name
SPI_fnumber -- Finds the attribute number
for specified attribute name
Synopsis
SPI_fnumber(tupdesc, fname)
Inputs
- TupleDesc tupdesc
-
Input tuple description
- char * fname
-
Field name
Outputs
- int
-
Attribute number
| Valid one-based index number of attribute |
| SPI_ERROR_NOATTRIBUTE if the
named attribute is not found |
Description
SPI_fnumber returns the
attribute number for the attribute with name in fname.
Usage
Attribute numbers are 1 based.
If the given fname refers to a system attribute (eg,
oid) then the appropriate negative
attribute number will be returned. The caller should be careful
to test for exact equality to SPI_ERROR_NOATTRIBUTE to detect error;
testing for result <= 0 is not correct unless system
attributes should be rejected.
