Allow pltcl args to spi_prepare and plpython args to plpy.prepare to be...

Allow pltcl args to spi_prepare and plpython args to plpy.prepare to be standard type aliases as well as those known in pg_type. Similar to recent change in plperl.

doc/src/sgml/pltcl.sgml

-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/pltcl.sgml,v 2.45 2007/02/01 00:28:17 momjian Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/pltcl.sgml,v 2.46 2007/02/21 03:27:31 adunstan Exp $ -->
 
  <chapter id="pltcl">
   <title>PL/Tcl - Tcl Procedural Language</title>
@@ -331,9 +331,6 @@ spi_exec -array C "SELECT * FROM pg_class" {
         If the query uses parameters, the names of the parameter types
         must be given as a Tcl list.  (Write an empty list for
         <replaceable>typelist</replaceable> if no parameters are used.)
-        Presently, the parameter types must be identified by the internal
-        type names shown in the system table <literal>pg_type</>; for example <literal>int4</> not
-        <literal>integer</>.
        </para>
        <para>
         The return value from <function>spi_prepare</function> is a query ID

src/pl/plpython/plpython.c

 /**********************************************************************
  * plpython.c - python as a procedural language for PostgreSQL
  *
- *	$PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/pl/plpython/plpython.c,v 1.95 2007/02/09 03:35:35 tgl Exp $
+ *	$PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/pl/plpython/plpython.c,v 1.96 2007/02/21 03:27:32 adunstan Exp $
  *
  *********************************************************************
  */
@@ -2309,8 +2309,9 @@ PLy_spi_prepare(PyObject * self, PyObject * args)
 				for (i = 0; i < nargs; i++)
 				{
 					char	   *sptr;
-					List	   *names;
 					HeapTuple	typeTup;
+					Oid         typeId;
+					int32       typmod;
 					Form_pg_type typeStruct;
 
 					optr = PySequence_GetItem(list, i);
@@ -2318,18 +2319,24 @@ PLy_spi_prepare(PyObject * self, PyObject * args)
 						elog(ERROR, "Type names must be strings.");
 					sptr = PyString_AsString(optr);
 					
-					/*
-					 * Parse possibly-qualified type name and look it up in
-					 * pg_type
-					 */
-					names = stringToQualifiedNameList(sptr,
-													  "PLy_spi_prepare");
-					typeTup = typenameType(NULL,
-										   makeTypeNameFromNameList(names));
+					/********************************************************
+					 * Resolve argument type names and then look them up by 
+					 * oid in the system cache, and remember the required 
+					 *information for input conversion.
+					 ********************************************************/ 
+
+					parseTypeString(sptr, &typeId, &typmod);
+ 
+					typeTup = SearchSysCache(TYPEOID,
+											 ObjectIdGetDatum(typeId),
+											 0,0,0);
+					if (!HeapTupleIsValid(typeTup))
+						elog(ERROR, "cache lookup failed for type %u", typeId);
+
 					Py_DECREF(optr);
 					optr = NULL;	/* this is important */
 
-					plan->types[i] = HeapTupleGetOid(typeTup);
+					plan->types[i] = typeId;
 					typeStruct = (Form_pg_type) GETSTRUCT(typeTup);
 					if (typeStruct->typtype != 'c')
 						PLy_output_datum_func(&plan->args[i], typeTup);

src/pl/tcl/pltcl.c

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * pltcl.c		- PostgreSQL support for Tcl as
  *				  procedural language (PL)
  *
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/pl/tcl/pltcl.c,v 1.110 2007/02/09 03:35:35 tgl Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/pl/tcl/pltcl.c,v 1.111 2007/02/21 03:27:32 adunstan Exp $
  *
  **********************************************************************/
 
@@ -1808,23 +1808,22 @@ pltcl_SPI_prepare(ClientData cdata, Tcl_Interp *interp,
 	PG_TRY();
 	{
 		/************************************************************
-		 * Lookup the argument types by name in the system cache
-		 * and remember the required information for input conversion
+		 * Resolve argument type names and then look them up by oid 
+         * in the system cache, and remember the required information 
+         * for input conversion.
 		 ************************************************************/
 		for (i = 0; i < nargs; i++)
 		{
-			List	   *names;
-			HeapTuple	typeTup;
+			Oid         typId, typInput, typIOParam;
+            int32       typmod;
 
-			/* Parse possibly-qualified type name and look it up in pg_type */
-			names = stringToQualifiedNameList(args[i],
-											  "pltcl_SPI_prepare");
-			typeTup = typenameType(NULL, makeTypeNameFromNameList(names));
-			qdesc->argtypes[i] = HeapTupleGetOid(typeTup);
-			perm_fmgr_info(((Form_pg_type) GETSTRUCT(typeTup))->typinput,
-						   &(qdesc->arginfuncs[i]));
-			qdesc->argtypioparams[i] = getTypeIOParam(typeTup);
-			ReleaseSysCache(typeTup);
+			parseTypeString(args[i], &typId, &typmod);
+
+			getTypeInputInfo(typId, &typInput, &typIOParam);
+
+			qdesc->argtypes[i] = typId;
+			perm_fmgr_info(typInput, &(qdesc->arginfuncs[i]));
+			qdesc->argtypioparams[i] = typIOParam;
 		}
 
 		/************************************************************