Re: Cursor metadata

"Andy Chambers" <achambers@mcna.net> writes:
> Is there anywhere in the postgres catalog where one can access metadata
> about a held cursor.

The pg_cursors system view offers some info ...

> Type information
> in particular would be really useful.

... but not that.  Usually the best way to get information about the
columns of a table/view/cursor is to fetch a row from it and use the
metadata that's provided by the fetch mechanism.

            regards, tom lane