Re: Type OIDs

Tom Lane <[email protected]> Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:26:28 -0400
Newsgroups gmane.comp.db.postgresql.interfaces
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Florian Weimer <[email protected]> writes:
> Can I embed the types I'm interested in into my program, or should I
> query the server at least once per connection to get the mapping?  I'm
> interested in types such as INTEGER, TEXT, BYTEA, etc.  No user
> defined types, and nothing fancy.  Ultra-long-term portability isn't
> required, either.

Well, the type OIDs of the standard built-in types haven't changed in
at least ten years, but that doesn't mean we won't change 'em in the
future.  I'd advise at least using the #define's from pg_type.h rather
than writing actual numeric constants.

			regards, tom lane

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