Re: to_typemod(type_name) information function - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

On 18/11/17 16:50, Tom Lane wrote:
> Sophie Herold <sophie_h@hemio.de> writes:
>> I need to test a (user) given column type name, with one in the database
>> for equality. To this end, I have to do some kind of normalization (e.g.
>> 'timestamptz(2)' to 'timestamp (2) with time zone'.)
> 
> Perhaps format_type(oid, integer) would help you.
> 
>             regards, tom lane
> 

I am not sure how. I am exactly looking for the the second argument integer.

The only workaround I can think of is to create a table with a column
with that type, ask the pg_catalog for the typemod afterwards and
rollback the creation. But that doesn't sound like a proper solution to me.

Best,
Sophie