NAME¶

SPI_gettype - return the data type name of the specified column

SYNOPSIS¶

char * SPI_gettype(TupleDesc rowdesc, int colnumber)

DESCRIPTION¶

SPI_gettype returns a copy of the data type name of the specified column. (You can use pfree to release the copy of the name when you don't need it anymore.)

ARGUMENTS¶

TupleDesc rowdesc

int colnumber

RETURN VALUE¶

The data type name of the specified column, or NULL on error. SPI_result is set to SPI_ERROR_NOATTRIBUTE on error.