Miguel Angel Tribaldos Hervas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am working with inheritance in postgresql 7.4. If I create a table named A, > and another named B that inherits from A, if I perform a query such a > "SELECT * FROM A" (without ONLY clause), > how can I get the type (identifier from pg_type) of the returned records??
I think what you are after is the "tableoid" system column. Try SELECT tableoid, * FROM A; or more readably SELECT tableoid::regclass, * FROM A; or you can do the above "by hand" SELECT p.relname, A.* FROM A, pg_class p WHERE p.oid = a.tableoid; If you really want the composite type IDs then it's SELECT p.reltype, A.* FROM A, pg_class p WHERE p.oid = a.tableoid; regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org