Re: SRF question

yes, parseTypeString() seems to be the way.

I've found parseTypeString() in plpgsql.so... would it be ok to call
dlopen('plpgsql.so', ...) from my C code to access this function or is
there some other method I sould use?

thanks tom.

On Mon, 2003-09-08 at 12:02, Tom Lane wrote:

> Franco Bruno Borghesi <franco(at)akyasociados(dot)com(dot)ar> writes:
> > 1)I just know the name of the type, not its oid... woud it be ok if I
> > execute a SELECT on pg_type asking for typname to find the oid of the
> > type I want to return? or is there any function like
> > RelationNameGetTupleDesc (maybe TypeNameGetTupleDesc) that I can call
> > passing just the typename as a char *?
>
> A SELECT seems like the hard way. Look into parse_type.c for some
> routines that might help. Offhand parseTypeString() is probably your
> best bet.
>
> > 2)in case TypeGetTupleDesc is the only option, what is the second
> > argument?
>
> I believe you can just set it to NIL, since you are only interested in
> composite types.
>
> regards, tom lane
>