| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Shra <shravan(at)yaskatech(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Hannu Krosing <hannu(at)krosing(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: MetaData (size of datatype) |
| Date: | 2002-04-29 14:39:34 |
| Message-ID: | 23624.1020091174@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Shra <shravan(at)yaskatech(dot)com> writes:
> As tom said.....The type is encoded in the atttypmod field (see PQfmod) and
> recommendedusing format_type().....
> but when this is used, it returns -1 for integer , real n other fixed
> datatypes .........
The interpretation of typmod is datatype-specific. That's why I
recommended using format_type. But if you want to know what format_type
knows, look at the source code (src/backend/utils/adt/format_type.c).
regards, tom lane
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