41.2. Interface Support Functions

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SPI_fname  -- determine the column name for the specified column number
SPI_fnumber  -- determine the column number for the specified column name
SPI_getvalue  -- return the string value of the specified column
SPI_getbinval  -- return the binary value of the specified column
SPI_gettype  -- return the data type name of the specified column
SPI_gettypeid  -- return the data type OID of the specified column
SPI_getrelname  -- return the name of the specified relation
SPI_getnspname  -- return the namespace of the specified relation

The functions described here provide an interface for extracting information from result sets returned by SPI_execute and other SPI functions.

All functions described in this section may be used by both connected and unconnected procedures.