Function typeidType

src/backend/parser/parse_type.c:577–586

return a Type structure, given a type id */ NB: caller must ReleaseSysCache the type tuple when done with it */

/* return a Type structure, given a type id */
/* NB: caller must ReleaseSysCache the type tuple when done with it */
Type
typeidType(Oid id)
{
	HeapTuple	tup;

	tup = SearchSysCache1(TYPEOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(id));
	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(tup))
		elog(ERROR, "cache lookup failed for type %u", id);
	return (Type) tup;
}

/* given type (as type struct), return the type OID */
Oid