Re: PQftype() and Oid

[Volkan YAZICI <yazicivo(at)ttnet(dot)net(dot)tr>]

On Aug 04 04:38, Andro wrote:
> Oids are in pg_type catalog (server side) and src/include/catalog/pg_type.h
> (hard-wired).
> 
> But what should we compare the Oid returned by PQftype() with?
> Let's say I want to check if column 1 is a VARCHAR, do I have to
> 
> if (PQftype(res,1) == 1043)
> ...;
> 
> ?
> Isn't there a kind of enum which we could rely on to find out types? What if
> Oids change in pg_type.h?

You can make another query on pg_type to learn OID of a specific type.
And then compare it with the returned one from PQftype(main_query_res).

Furthermore, I think this is the only reliable way of accomplising this
task. (IIRC, PHP PostgreSQL API does same too.) Otherwise, when you use
hard-wired headers (e.g. by including pg_type.h) what will you do when
related server has a custom type that isn't get shippied with the
PostgreSQL headers you included.


Regards.