Re: interperting type oid in C code

SELECT typname
FROM pg_type
WHERE oid = Oid_x;

On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 2:36 PM, Ken Been <kbbeen(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> I'm working on a foreign data wrapper and I want to switch based on the
> column type. Specifically, if the column type in the external table is the
> same as in the (locally defined) foreign table then I can get some speedup
> for some types.
>
> Through the ForeignScanState object I can get TupleDesc and AttInMetadata
> opjects, and through there I can get the Oid of the column type, but now
> I'm stumped. How can I programmatically check whether Oid X refers to type
> int4, or whatever?
>
> Thanks.
>

--
*Melvin Davidson*
I reserve the right to fantasize. Whether or not you
wish to share my fantasy is entirely up to you.