SPI_GETTYPE(3)

✨ NAME ✨

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SPI_gettype — return the data type name of the specified column 🌈

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

char * SPI_gettype(TupleDesc rowdesc, int colnumber)

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

SPI_gettype returns a copy of the data type name of the specified column. 🎀

And when you're done with that copy of the name, you can use pfree to release it — no need to keep it around forever, babe. 💅

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✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

• TupleDesc rowdesc — input row description 🦋
• int colnumber — column number (count starts at 1) ⭐

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✨ RETURN VALUE ✨

The data type name of the specified column, or NULL on error. 😭

SPI_result is set to SPI_ERROR_NOATTRIBUTE on error. 💀

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