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Unsupported versions: 7.3 / 7.2 / 7.1
Historical version. PostgreSQL 7.3 reached end of support in November 2007. See the current manual for supported releases.

SPI_fname

Name

SPI_fname -- Finds the attribute name for the specified attribute number

Synopsis

SPI_fname(tupdesc, fnumber)

Inputs

TupleDesc tupdesc

Input tuple description

int fnumber

Attribute number

Outputs

char *

Attribute name

NULL if fnumber is out of range
SPI_result set to SPI_ERROR_NOATTRIBUTE on error

Description

SPI_fname returns the attribute name for the specified attribute.

Usage

Attribute numbers are 1 based.

Algorithm

Returns a newly-allocated copy of the attribute name. (Use pfree() to release the copy when done with it.)

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