Re: I can't get row type from tuple (SPI)

Added to TODO:
* Add SPI_gettypmod() to return the typemod for a TupleDesc


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Tom Lane wrote:
> "Pavel Stehule" <pavel.stehule@hotmail.com> writes:
> > rettupdesc = lookup_rowtype_tupdesc(rettype,0);
> 
> This is wrong --- if you don't know what typmod to use, *always* pass -1
> not 0.  (I suspect that rettype is RECORD and that -1 would have
> resulted in a NULL result.)
> 
> It seems like SPI is missing a needed function: it should have an
> SPI_gettypmod to go along with SPI_gettypeid.  This would probably
> give you the correct typmod to pass to lookup_rowtype_tupdesc here.
> 
>             regards, tom lane
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