Nis Jørgensen wrote:
> What if, for instance, I want to render a list of shapes?
>
> To render the shape, I need to get its data, to get its data, I need to
> know what type it is. ISTM that the easiest way to achieve this is
> storing the type info at the "top" of the table hierarchy.
Try adding "tableoid" to the list of columns retrieved. Even better,
cast that to regclass.
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