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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
+<!-- $Revision: 1.1 $ -->
+  <refentry id="function.pg-field-type-oid">
+   <refnamediv>
+    <refname>pg_field_type_oid</refname> 
+    <refpurpose>
+     Returns the type ID (OID) for the corresponding field number
+    </refpurpose>
+   </refnamediv>
+   <refsect1>
+    <title>Description</title>
+     <methodsynopsis>
+      <type>int</type><methodname>pg_field_type_oid</methodname>
+      <methodparam><type>resource</type><parameter>result</parameter></methodparam>
+      <methodparam><type>int</type><parameter>field_number</parameter></methodparam>
+     </methodsynopsis>
+    <para>
+     <function>pg_field_type_oid</function> returns an integer containing the
+     type ID the given <parameter>field_number</parameter> in the
+     given PostgreSQL <parameter>result</parameter> resource.  Field
+     numbering starts at 0.
+    </para>
+    <para>
+      You can get more information about the field type by querying PostgreSQL
+      pg_type system table using the ID obtained with this function.
+    </para>
+    <para>
+     See also <function>pg_field_type</function>, 
+     <function>pg_field_prtlen</function> and
+     <function>pg_field_name</function>.
+    </para>
+   </refsect1>
+  </refentry>
+
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diff --git a/reference/pgsql/functions/pg-field-type.xml b/reference/pgsql/functions/pg-field-type.xml
index de05bb5e2e..a9a510626c 100644
--- a/reference/pgsql/functions/pg-field-type.xml
+++ b/reference/pgsql/functions/pg-field-type.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.6 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.7 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/pgsql.xml, last change in rev 1.52 -->
   <refentry id="function.pg-field-type">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -30,8 +30,9 @@
      </para>
     </note>
     <para>
-     See also <function>pg_field_prtlen</function> and
-     <function>pg_field_name</function>.
+     See also <function>pg_field_prtlen</function>,
+     <function>pg_field_name</function> and
+     <function>pg_field_type_oid</function>.
     </para>
    </refsect1>
   </refentry>