Re: How to describe functions. - Mailing list pgsql-novice

From Thomas Kellerer
Subject Re: How to describe functions.
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Msg-id hfrr6v$7e6$1@ger.gmane.org
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In response to How to describe functions.  (Mladen Gogala <mladen.gogala@vmsinfo.com>)
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Mladen Gogala wrote on 10.12.2009 22:39:
> I  would like to write a single query listing all of the function argument
> types. I know that I can write a procedure but I would prefer a single
> query. The problem is that in pg_proc, the column proargtypes is of the
> type "oidvector", which is another name for an array oid[]. The types
> are, of course in pg_type table. The problem here is the array handling.
> what I would really like is something like this:
>
> select p.proname,(for($i=0;$i<p.pronargs;$i++ { t.typename where
> t.oid=p.proargtypes[$i] }
> from pg_proc p, pg_type t;
>

If you are on 8.4 you can use:

select proname, pg_catalog.pg_get_function_arguments(oid)
from pg_proc
;

Thomas


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