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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Improper use about DatumGetInt32
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Msg-id 991317.1600712546@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Improper use about DatumGetInt32  (Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
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Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
> Typically, the DatumGetBlah() function that you pick should match the
> SQL data type that the function is returning. So if the function
> returns pg_catalog.int4, which corresponds to the C data type int32,
> you would use DatumGetInt32. There is no SQL type corresponding to the
> C data type uint32, so I'm not sure why we even have DatumGetUInt32.

xid?

            regards, tom lane

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