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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: John DeSoi <desoi@pgedit.com>
Cc: Josh Close <narshe@gmail.com>
Cc: pgsql-interfaces@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: row description, protocol 3
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 01:42:26 -0500
Message-ID: <11010.1141108946@sss.pgh.pa.us> (raw)
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John DeSoi <desoi@pgedit.com> writes:
> On Feb 28, 2006, at 12:53 AM, Josh Close wrote:
>> Where can I get the data type from the row description?

> The oid maps to the pg_type table:
> select oid, typname from pg_type order by oid;

Also, the format_type function might be useful:

regression=# select format_type(1042, 44);
  format_type  
---------------
 character(40)
(1 row)


			regards, tom lane



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