On 22 February 2012 18:34, Kevin Grittner <Kevin(dot)Grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov> wrote:
> Thom Brown <thom(at)linux(dot)com> wrote:
>> Does this help?
>>
>> test=# SELECT pg_typeof('4834.34'::numeric)::oid;
>> pg_typeof
>> -----------
>> 1700
>> (1 row)
>
> Wouldn't it be easier to do this instead?
>
> test=# SELECT 'numeric'::regtype::oid;
> oid
> ------
> 1700
> (1 row)
Well I may have misread the problem. I thought it was that for a
particular data value, the oid of the type of that value was needed.
--
Thom