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diff --git a/src/backend/utils/cache/lsyscache.c b/src/backend/utils/cache/lsyscache.c
index e17bd49e629..79362441f8e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/cache/lsyscache.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/cache/lsyscache.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
* Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
*
* IDENTIFICATION
- * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/utils/cache/lsyscache.c,v 1.157 2008/04/13 20:51:21 tgl Exp $
+ * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/utils/cache/lsyscache.c,v 1.158 2008/07/30 17:05:04 tgl Exp $
*
* NOTES
* Eventually, the index information should go through here, too.
@@ -2168,6 +2168,29 @@ type_is_enum(Oid typid)
}
/*
+ * get_type_category_preferred
+ *
+ * Given the type OID, fetch its category and preferred-type status.
+ * Throws error on failure.
+ */
+void
+get_type_category_preferred(Oid typid, char *typcategory, bool *typispreferred)
+{
+ HeapTuple tp;
+ Form_pg_type typtup;
+
+ tp = SearchSysCache(TYPEOID,
+ ObjectIdGetDatum(typid),
+ 0, 0, 0);
+ if (!HeapTupleIsValid(tp))
+ elog(ERROR, "cache lookup failed for type %u", typid);
+ typtup = (Form_pg_type) GETSTRUCT(tp);
+ *typcategory = typtup->typcategory;
+ *typispreferred = typtup->typispreferred;
+ ReleaseSysCache(tp);
+}
+
+/*
* get_typ_typrelid
*
* Given the type OID, get the typrelid (InvalidOid if not a complex