Tom Lane wrote:
Mark Rostron <mrostron@xxxxxxx> writes:
Is there some way to query the data-type of '<some value expression>'?
There's a SQL-standard construct called IS OF, and a function called
pg_typeof, but it's not real clear whether either of those would help
you.
I failed finding IS OF in the pg documentation, however,
http://farrago.sourceforge.net/design/UserDefinedTypesAndRoutines.html
had a reference to it.
postgres=# create table a(a) as select 1;
SELECT 1
postgres=# select * from a where a IS OF (integer);
a
---
1
(1 row)
While learning this somehow triggers the 'cool I just learned some new
obscure SQL trick' feeling, I am not sure if it is really useful without
CREATE TYPE foo UNDER bar.
regards,
Yeb Havinga
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