Dmitriy Igrishin <dmitigr@gmail.com> writes: >> How can I get OID by name rather than alias ?
> SELECT oid FROM pg_type WHERE typtype = 'b' AND typarray <> 0 AND > typname::regtype = 'integer';
Seems like the hard way --- if you think carefully about what regtype is doing, you'll realize that this is incredibly inefficient, as well as a lot of typing. I usually do SELECT 'integer'::regtype::oid when I need a quick numeric lookup.
