Postgrex v0.16.5

View Source Postgrex.TypeInfo (Postgrex v0.16.5)

The information about a type that is provided to the custom encoder/decoder functions. See http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/catalog-pg-type.html for clarifications of the fields.

  • oid - The type's id;
  • type - The type name;
  • send - The name of the "send" function (the function postgres uses to convert the type to its binary format);
  • receive - The name of the "receive" function (the function postgres uses to convert the type from its binary format);
  • output - The name of the "output" function (the function postgres uses to convert the type to its text format);
  • input - The name of the "input" function (the function postgres uses to convert the type from its text format);
  • array_elem - If this is an array, the array elements' oid;
  • base_type - If this is a range type, the base type's oid;
  • comp_elems - If this is a composite type (record), the tuple elements' oid;

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@type t() :: %Postgrex.TypeInfo{
  array_elem: Postgrex.Types.oid(),
  base_type: Postgrex.Types.oid(),
  comp_elems: [Postgrex.Types.oid()],
  input: String.t(),
  oid: Postgrex.Types.oid(),
  output: String.t(),
  receive: String.t(),
  send: String.t(),
  type: String.t()
}