Re: I can't get row type from tuple (SPI)

Added to TODO:

* Add SPI_gettypmod() to return the typemod for a TupleDesc

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Tom Lane wrote:
> "Pavel Stehule" <pavel(dot)stehule(at)hotmail(dot)com> writes:
> > rettupdesc = lookup_rowtype_tupdesc(rettype,0);
>
> This is wrong --- if you don't know what typmod to use, *always* pass -1
> not 0. (I suspect that rettype is RECORD and that -1 would have
> resulted in a NULL result.)
>
> It seems like SPI is missing a needed function: it should have an
> SPI_gettypmod to go along with SPI_gettypeid. This would probably
> give you the correct typmod to pass to lookup_rowtype_tupdesc here.
>
> regards, tom lane
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