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SPI_getrelname

SPI_getrelname — return the name of the specified relation

Synopsis

char * SPI_getrelname(Relation rel)

Description

SPI_getrelname returns a copy of the name of the specified relation. (You can use pfree to release the copy of the name when you don't need it anymore.)

Arguments

Relation _`rel`_

input relation

Return Value

The name of the specified relation.

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