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31 SPI_fnumber \- determine the column number for the specified column name
35 int SPI_fnumber(TupleDesc \fIrowdesc\fR, const char * \fIcolname\fR)
40 returns the column number for the column with the specified name\&.
44 refers to a system column (e\&.g\&.,
45 ctid) then the appropriate negative column number will be returned\&. The caller should be careful to test the return value for exact equality to
47 to detect an error; testing the result for less than or equal to 0 is not correct unless system columns should be rejected\&.
50 TupleDesc \fIrowdesc\fR
55 const char * \fIcolname\fR
61 Column number (count starts at 1 for user\-defined columns), or
63 if the named column was not found\&.