Re: OID of type by name.

From: Dmitriy Igrishin <dmitigr(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: OID of type by name.
Date: 2010-12-08 15:01:54
Message-ID: AANLkTi=_5ka4GE9rvshh0Xhr29gYLXrGH8uSRbK6WWsV@mail.gmail.com
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Yeah, thank you very much!

I've found it already too, but not post back!

Thanks!

2010/12/8 Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>

> Dmitriy Igrishin <dmitigr(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> >> How can I get OID by name rather than alias ?
>
> > SELECT oid FROM pg_type WHERE typtype = 'b' AND typarray <> 0 AND
> > typname::regtype = 'integer';
>
> Seems like the hard way --- if you think carefully about what regtype
> is doing, you'll realize that this is incredibly inefficient, as well
> as a lot of typing. I usually do SELECT 'integer'::regtype::oid
> when I need a quick numeric lookup.
>
> regards, tom lane
>

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// Dmitriy.

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