Dmitriy Igrishin <dmit...@gmail.com> writes:
>> How can I get OID by name rather than alias ?
> SELECT oid FROM pg_type WHERE typtype = 'b' AND typarray <> 0 AND
> typname::regtype = 'integer';
Seems like the hard way --- if you think carefully about what regtype
is doing, you'll realize that this is incredibly inefficient, as well
as a lot of typing. I usually do SELECT 'integer'::regtype::oid
when I need a quick numeric lookup.
regards, tom lane
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