On Fri, Feb/ 2/07 11:37:13AM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> Kate F <kate(at)cats(dot)meow(dot)at> writes:
> > So, to conclude, we still have a valid use-case (which you explained a
> > little more explicitly than I did). Shall I attempt to implement it?
> > (that is, type_name_of() which returns TEXT)
>
> I think I'd suggest pg_type_name ... or maybe pg_type_name_of ...
> also, the code you need to convert OID to name is already there,
> see regtypeout.
Fantastic! Thank you for the interesting discussion,
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Kate