yes, parseTypeString() seems to be the way.
I've found parseTypeString() in plpgsql.so... would it be ok to call dlopen('plpgsql.so', ...) from my C code to access this function or is there some other method I sould use?
thanks tom.
On Mon, 2003-09-08 at 12:02, Tom Lane wrote:
Franco Bruno Borghesi <franco@akyasociados.com.ar> writes:
> 1)I just know the name of the type, not its oid... woud it be ok if I
> execute a SELECT on pg_type asking for typname to find the oid of the
> type I want to return? or is there any function like
> RelationNameGetTupleDesc (maybe TypeNameGetTupleDesc) that I can call
> passing just the typename as a char *?
A SELECT seems like the hard way. Look into parse_type.c for some
routines that might help. Offhand parseTypeString() is probably your
best bet.
> 2)in case TypeGetTupleDesc is the only option, what is the second
> argument?
I believe you can just set it to NIL, since you are only interested in
composite types.
regards, tom lane
