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"Andy Chambers" <achambers@xxxxxxxx> writes:
> Is there anywhere in the postgres catalog where one can access metadata  
> about a held cursor.

The pg_cursors system view offers some info ...

> Type information
> in particular would be really useful.

... but not that.  Usually the best way to get information about the
columns of a table/view/cursor is to fetch a row from it and use the
metadata that's provided by the fetch mechanism.

			regards, tom lane

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