"Andy Chambers" <achambers@mcna.net> writes:
> Is there anywhere in the postgres catalog where one can access metadata
> about a held cursor.
The pg_cursors system view offers some info ...
> Type information
> in particular would be really useful.
... but not that. Usually the best way to get information about the
columns of a table/view/cursor is to fetch a row from it and use the
metadata that's provided by the fetch mechanism.
regards, tom lane
