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SPI_gettype
Name
SPI_gettype -- return the data type name of the specified column
Synopsis
char * SPI_gettype(TupleDesc rowdesc, int colnumber)
Description
SPI_gettype returns a copy of the data type name of the specified column. (You can use pfree to release the copy of the name when you don't need it anymore.)
Arguments
- TupleDesc rowdesc
-
input row description
- int colnumber
-
column number (count starts at 1)
Return Value
The data type name of the specified column, or NULL on error. SPI_result is set to SPI_ERROR_NOATTRIBUTE on error.