Try pg_type. typname should give you what you're looking for.
On Dec 30, 2005, at 1:57 PM, Jonel Rienton wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> Does Postgres store all the possible column datatypes somewhere in its
> system tables? Like int8, int4, character varying, etc. I'm trying
> to write
> another GUI client that can list all the database objects in Postgres.
> Thanks.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jonel
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