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SPI_fnumber
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SPI_fnumber

Name

SPI_fnumber — Finds the attribute number for specified attribute 
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.

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