SPI_GETTYPE(3)

💅 SPI_GETTYPE(3) 💅

okay so bestie, we're in the PostgreSQL 16.15 Documentation, and this is the SPI_GETTYPE(3) page — lowkey an icon, honestly. Let's get into it. ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

SPI_gettype — return the data type name of the specified column. periodt. 💖

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

char * SPI_gettype(TupleDesc rowdesc, int colnumber)

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

SPI_gettype returns a copy of the data type name of the specified column. When you don't need that copy of the name anymore, you can use pfree to release it — very demure, very mindful, no hoarding the copy, bestie. 🫶

💜 ARGUMENTS 💜

• TupleDesc rowdesc — the input row description, as advertised. 🫡
• int colnumber — the column number (count starts at 1, yes bestie, 1). 🔥

👑 RETURN VALUE 👑

It gives you the data type name of the specified column, or NULL on error. 😭 On error, SPI_result is set to SPI_ERROR_NOATTRIBUTE — that's the vibe-check-failed code, okay? 💀

mwah 💋 — source/version is PostgreSQL 16.15, date is 2026, and the page is SPI_GETTYPE(3). slay, bye. 🌈