| SPI_getbinval NameSPI_getbinval -- Returns the binary value of the specified attributeSynopsisSPI_getbinval(tuple, tupdesc, fnumber, isnull) InputsHeapTuple tupleInput tuple to be examinedTupleDesc tupdescInput tuple descriptionint fnumberAttribute number
OutputsDatumAttribute binary valuebool * isnullflag for null value in attributeSPI_result
DescriptionSPI_getbinval 
   returns the specified attribute's value in internal form (as a Datum).UsageAttribute numbers are 1 based.AlgorithmDoes not allocate new space for the datum.  In the case of a pass-by-
reference data type, the Datum will be a pointer into the given tuple. |