Re: Data types?

Timothy H. Keitt <timothy.keitt@stonybrook.edu>

From: "Timothy H. Keitt" <Timothy.Keitt@StonyBrook.Edu>
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Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Date: 2001-03-08T18:00:05Z
Lists: pgsql-general
If you need to know the OID of a type (e.g., for use in libpq) I find

	select oid, typname from pg_type

useful.  By the way, what are all those types prefixed with an 
underscore?  Are these ever delivered to a client?

Tim

Tom Lane wrote:

> Christopher Sawtell <csawtell@xtra.co.nz> writes:
> 
>> On Thu, 08 Mar 2001 12:29, Flemming Frøkjær wrote:
>> 
>>> How do i find out what data types are available in PostgreSQL.
>> 
> 
>> Look in the regression tests. Interesting stuff.
> 
> 
> And there's always "select * from pg_type" ... not to mention the source
> code ...
> 
> 			regards, tom lane
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