diff --git a/src/backend/parser/gram.y b/src/backend/parser/gram.y
index 15e5b2c33465f28b5c92f7fe6fae526c6d12f2f1..8836d29cc9fcbcc76bca5e406689af4327f26324 100644
--- a/src/backend/parser/gram.y
+++ b/src/backend/parser/gram.y
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/parser/gram.y,v 2.176 2000/07/07 19:24:35 petere Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/parser/gram.y,v 2.177 2000/07/09 21:30:10 petere Exp $
  *
  * HISTORY
  *	  AUTHOR			DATE			MAJOR EVENT
@@ -3944,7 +3944,7 @@ Numeric:  FLOAT opt_float
 		;
 
 numeric:  FLOAT							{ $$ = xlateSqlType("float"); }
-		| DOUBLE PRECISION				{ $$ = xlateSqlType("float"); }
+		| DOUBLE PRECISION				{ $$ = xlateSqlType("float8"); }
 		| DECIMAL 						{ $$ = xlateSqlType("decimal"); }
 		| DEC							{ $$ = xlateSqlType("decimal"); }
 		| NUMERIC 						{ $$ = xlateSqlType("numeric"); }
@@ -5781,8 +5781,9 @@ xlateSqlType(char *name)
 		return "int2";
 	else if (strcmp(name, "bigint") == 0)
 		return "int8";
-	else if ((strcmp(name, "real") == 0)
-			 || (strcmp(name, "float") == 0))
+	else if (strcmp(name, "real") == 0)
+		return "float4";
+	else if (strcmp(name, "float") == 0)
 		return "float8";
 	else if (strcmp(name, "decimal") == 0)
 		return "numeric";
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/format_type.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/format_type.c
index af8eaa9544168797c8e9be3fe85ed52c4b966bc1..9be79de3948c89ad84966ebe74078a963b948790 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/format_type.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/format_type.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/utils/adt/format_type.c,v 1.1 2000/07/07 19:24:37 petere Exp $ */
+/* $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/utils/adt/format_type.c,v 1.2 2000/07/09 21:30:12 petere Exp $ */
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
 #define streq(a, b) (strcmp((a), (b))==0)
 #define MAX_INT32_LEN 11
+#define _textin(str) DirectFunctionCall1(textin, CStringGetDatum(str))
 
 
 static char *
@@ -30,7 +31,9 @@ psnprintf(size_t len, const char * fmt, ...)
 }
 
 
-#define _textin(str) DirectFunctionCall1(textin, CStringGetDatum(str))
+static char *
+format_type_internal(Oid type_oid, int32 typemod, bool with_typemod);
+
 
 
 /*
@@ -51,15 +54,10 @@ psnprintf(size_t len, const char * fmt, ...)
 Datum
 format_type(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 {
-	Oid type_oid;
-	bool with_typemod;
-	int32 typemod = 0;
-	char * buf;
-	char * name;
-	Oid array_base_type;
-	int16 typlen;
-	bool is_array;
-	HeapTuple tuple;
+	Oid			type_oid;
+	bool		with_typemod;
+	int32		typemod = 0;
+	char	   *result;
 
 	if (PG_ARGISNULL(0))
 		PG_RETURN_NULL();
@@ -70,11 +68,31 @@ format_type(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	if (with_typemod)
 		typemod = PG_GETARG_INT32(1);
 
+	result = format_type_internal(type_oid, typemod, with_typemod);
+
+	PG_RETURN_TEXT_P(_textin(result));
+}
+
+
+
+static char *
+format_type_internal(Oid type_oid, int32 typemod, bool with_typemod)
+{
+	HeapTuple	tuple;
+	Oid			array_base_type;
+	int16		typlen;
+	bool		is_array;
+	char	   *name;
+	char	   *buf;
+
+	if (type_oid == InvalidOid)
+		return "-";
+
 	tuple = SearchSysCacheTuple(TYPEOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(type_oid),
 								0, 0, 0);
 
 	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(tuple))
-		PG_RETURN_TEXT_P(_textin("???"));
+		return "???";
 
 	array_base_type = ((Form_pg_type) GETSTRUCT(tuple))->typelem;
 	typlen = ((Form_pg_type) GETSTRUCT(tuple))->typlen;
@@ -84,15 +102,15 @@ format_type(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 									ObjectIdGetDatum(array_base_type),
 									0, 0, 0);
 		if (!HeapTupleIsValid(tuple))
-			PG_RETURN_TEXT_P(_textin("???[]"));
+			return "???[]";
 		is_array = true;
 	}
 	else
 		is_array = false;
 	
-
 	name =  NameStr(((Form_pg_type) GETSTRUCT(tuple))->typname);
 
+
 	if (streq(name, "bit"))
 	{
 		if (with_typemod)
@@ -116,14 +134,13 @@ format_type(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	 * double-quote it to get at it in the parser. */
 	else if (streq(name, "char"))
 		buf = pstrdup("\"char\"");
-#if 0
-	/* The parser has these backwards, so leave as is for now. */
+
 	else if (streq(name, "float4"))
 		buf = pstrdup("real");
 
 	else if (streq(name, "float8"))
 		buf = pstrdup("double precision");
-#endif
+
 	else if (streq(name, "int2"))
 		buf = pstrdup("smallint");
 
@@ -177,5 +194,60 @@ format_type(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 		buf = buf2;
 	}
 
-	PG_RETURN_TEXT_P(_textin(buf));
+	return buf;
+}
+
+
+
+/*
+ * oidvectortypes			- converts a vector of type OIDs to "typname" list
+ *
+ * The interface for this function is wrong: it should be told how many
+ * OIDs are significant in the input vector, so that trailing InvalidOid
+ * argument types can be recognized.
+ */
+Datum
+oidvectortypes(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+	int			numargs;
+	int			num;
+	Oid		   *oidArray = (Oid *) PG_GETARG_POINTER(0);
+	char	   *result;
+	size_t		total;
+	size_t		left;
+
+	/* Try to guess how many args there are :-( */
+	numargs = 0;
+	for (num = 0; num < FUNC_MAX_ARGS; num++)
+	{
+		if (oidArray[num] != InvalidOid)
+			numargs = num + 1;
+	}
+
+	total = 20 * numargs + 1;
+	result = palloc(total);
+	result[0] = '\0';
+	left = total - 1;
+					
+	for (num = 0; num < numargs; num++)
+	{
+		char * typename = format_type_internal(oidArray[num], 0, false);
+
+		if (left < strlen(typename) + 2)
+		{
+			total += strlen(typename) + 2;
+			result = repalloc(result, total);
+			left += strlen(typename) + 2;
+		}
+
+		if (num > 0)
+		{
+			strcat(result, ", ");
+			left -= 2;
+		}
+		strcat(result, typename);
+		left -= strlen(typename);
+	}
+
+	PG_RETURN_TEXT_P(_textin(result));
 }
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/regproc.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/regproc.c
index 6660d15f1d6a3a72a21cb39301cd6a03a5306bbb..84c4694115d067680e90b955465f4b0df7a23577 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/regproc.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/regproc.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/utils/adt/regproc.c,v 1.57 2000/07/03 23:09:52 wieck Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/utils/adt/regproc.c,v 1.58 2000/07/09 21:30:12 petere Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -238,53 +238,6 @@ regprocout(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	PG_RETURN_CSTRING(result);
 }
 
-/*
- * oidvectortypes			- converts a vector of type OIDs to "typname" list
- *
- * The interface for this function is wrong: it should be told how many
- * OIDs are significant in the input vector, so that trailing InvalidOid
- * argument types can be recognized.
- */
-Datum
-oidvectortypes(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
-{
-	Oid		   *oidArray = (Oid *) PG_GETARG_POINTER(0);
-	HeapTuple	typetup;
-	text	   *result;
-	int			numargs,
-				num;
-
-	/* Try to guess how many args there are :-( */
-	numargs = 0;
-	for (num = 0; num < FUNC_MAX_ARGS; num++)
-	{
-		if (oidArray[num] != InvalidOid)
-			numargs = num + 1;
-	}
-
-	result = (text *) palloc((NAMEDATALEN + 1) * numargs + VARHDRSZ + 1);
-	*VARDATA(result) = '\0';
-
-	for (num = 0; num < numargs; num++)
-	{
-		typetup = SearchSysCacheTuple(TYPEOID,
-									  ObjectIdGetDatum(oidArray[num]),
-									  0, 0, 0);
-		if (HeapTupleIsValid(typetup))
-		{
-			char	   *s;
-
-			s = NameStr(((Form_pg_type) GETSTRUCT(typetup))->typname);
-			StrNCpy(VARDATA(result) + strlen(VARDATA(result)), s,
-					NAMEDATALEN);
-			strcat(VARDATA(result), " ");
-		}
-		else
-			strcat(VARDATA(result), "- ");
-	}
-	VARATT_SIZEP(result) = strlen(VARDATA(result)) + VARHDRSZ;
-	PG_RETURN_TEXT_P(result);
-}
 
 
 /*****************************************************************************
diff --git a/src/bin/psql/describe.c b/src/bin/psql/describe.c
index 204ade50bf421b69faecbc72c96db12960b833be..533fcfdd23f375ad754de76f90020b69db46aa4a 100644
--- a/src/bin/psql/describe.c
+++ b/src/bin/psql/describe.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Copyright 2000 by PostgreSQL Global Development Group
  *
- * $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/bin/psql/describe.c,v 1.22 2000/07/07 19:24:38 petere Exp $
+ * $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/bin/psql/describe.c,v 1.23 2000/07/09 21:30:19 petere Exp $
  */
 #include "postgres.h"
 #include "describe.h"
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ describeFunctions(const char *name, bool verbose)
 	 * arguments, but have no types defined for those arguments
 	 */
 	strcpy(buf,
-		   "SELECT t.typname as \"Result\", p.proname as \"Function\",\n"
+		   "SELECT format_type(p.prorettype, NULL) as \"Result\", p.proname as \"Function\",\n"
 		   "       oidvectortypes(p.proargtypes) as \"Arguments\"");
 	if (verbose)
 		strcat(buf, ",\n       u.usename as \"Owner\", l.lanname as \"Language\", p.prosrc as \"Source\",\n"
@@ -111,13 +111,13 @@ describeFunctions(const char *name, bool verbose)
 
 	if (!verbose)
 		strcat(buf,
-			   "\nFROM pg_proc p, pg_type t\n"
-			   "WHERE p.prorettype = t.oid and (pronargs = 0 or oidvectortypes(p.proargtypes) != '')\n");
+			   "\nFROM pg_proc p\n"
+			   "WHERE p.prorettype <> 0 and (pronargs = 0 or oidvectortypes(p.proargtypes) <> '')\n");
 	else
 		strcat(buf,
-			   "\nFROM pg_proc p, pg_type t, pg_language l, pg_user u\n"
-			   "WHERE p.prorettype = t.oid AND p.prolang = l.oid AND p.proowner = u.usesysid\n"
-		"  AND (pronargs = 0 or oidvectortypes(p.proargtypes) != '')\n");
+			   "\nFROM pg_proc p,  pg_language l, pg_user u\n"
+			   "WHERE p.prolang = l.oid AND p.proowner = u.usesysid\n"
+		"  AND p.prorettype <> 0 and (pronargs = 0 or oidvectortypes(p.proargtypes) <> '')\n");
 
 	if (name)
 	{
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ objectDescription(const char *object)
 	descbuf[0] = '\0';
 
 	/* Aggregate descriptions */
-	strcat(descbuf, "SELECT DISTINCT a.aggname as \"Name\", 'aggregate'::text as \"Object\", d.description as \"Description\"\n"
+	strcat(descbuf, "SELECT DISTINCT a.aggname::text as \"Name\", 'aggregate'::text as \"Object\", d.description as \"Description\"\n"
 		   "FROM pg_aggregate a, pg_description d\n"
 		   "WHERE a.oid = d.objoid\n");
 	if (object)
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ objectDescription(const char *object)
 
 	/* Function descriptions (except in/outs for datatypes) */
 	strcat(descbuf, "\nUNION ALL\n\n");
-	strcat(descbuf, "SELECT DISTINCT p.proname as \"Name\", 'function'::text as \"Object\", d.description as \"Description\"\n"
+	strcat(descbuf, "SELECT DISTINCT p.proname::text as \"Name\", 'function'::text as \"Object\", d.description as \"Description\"\n"
 		   "FROM pg_proc p, pg_description d\n"
 		   "WHERE p.oid = d.objoid AND (p.pronargs = 0 or oidvectortypes(p.proargtypes) != '')\n");
 	if (object)
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ objectDescription(const char *object)
 
 	/* Operator descriptions */
 	strcat(descbuf, "\nUNION ALL\n\n");
-	strcat(descbuf, "SELECT DISTINCT o.oprname as \"Name\", 'operator'::text as \"Object\", d.description as \"Description\"\n"
+	strcat(descbuf, "SELECT DISTINCT o.oprname::text as \"Name\", 'operator'::text as \"Object\", d.description as \"Description\"\n"
 		   "FROM pg_operator o, pg_description d\n"
 	/* must get comment via associated function */
 		   "WHERE RegprocToOid(o.oprcode) = d.objoid\n");
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ objectDescription(const char *object)
 
 	/* Relation (tables, views, indices, sequences) descriptions */
 	strcat(descbuf, "\nUNION ALL\n\n");
-	strcat(descbuf, "SELECT DISTINCT c.relname as \"Name\", 'relation'::text||'('||c.relkind||')' as \"Object\", d.description as \"Description\"\n"
+	strcat(descbuf, "SELECT DISTINCT c.relname::text as \"Name\", 'relation'::text||'('||c.relkind||')' as \"Object\", d.description as \"Description\"\n"
 		   "FROM pg_class c, pg_description d\n"
 		   "WHERE c.oid = d.objoid\n");
 	if (object)
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ objectDescription(const char *object)
 
 	/* Rule description (ignore rules for views) */
 	strcat(descbuf, "\nUNION ALL\n\n");
-	strcat(descbuf, "SELECT DISTINCT r.rulename as \"Name\", 'rule'::text as \"Object\", d.description as \"Description\"\n"
+	strcat(descbuf, "SELECT DISTINCT r.rulename::text as \"Name\", 'rule'::text as \"Object\", d.description as \"Description\"\n"
 		   "FROM pg_rewrite r, pg_description d\n"
 		   "WHERE r.oid = d.objoid AND r.rulename !~ '^_RET'\n");
 	if (object)
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ objectDescription(const char *object)
 
 	/* Trigger description */
 	strcat(descbuf, "\nUNION ALL\n\n");
-	strcat(descbuf, "SELECT DISTINCT t.tgname as \"Name\", 'trigger'::text as \"Object\", d.description as \"Description\"\n"
+	strcat(descbuf, "SELECT DISTINCT t.tgname::text as \"Name\", 'trigger'::text as \"Object\", d.description as \"Description\"\n"
 		   "FROM pg_trigger t, pg_description d\n"
 		   "WHERE t.oid = d.objoid\n");
 	if (object)
diff --git a/src/include/utils/builtins.h b/src/include/utils/builtins.h
index e2c66f513d5466cdf4d433ab1f610511457aa8e7..07e732f1e8645c25618c1d269c9a5f34479213ed 100644
--- a/src/include/utils/builtins.h
+++ b/src/include/utils/builtins.h
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2000, PostgreSQL, Inc
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  *
- * $Id: builtins.h,v 1.122 2000/07/08 03:04:36 tgl Exp $
+ * $Id: builtins.h,v 1.123 2000/07/09 21:30:21 petere Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -325,7 +325,6 @@ extern Datum texticregexne(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS);
 /* regproc.c */
 extern Datum regprocin(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS);
 extern Datum regprocout(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS);
-extern Datum oidvectortypes(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS);
 extern Datum regproctooid(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS);
 
 /* define macro to replace mixed-case function call - tgl 97/04/27 */
@@ -601,7 +600,8 @@ extern Datum getdatabaseencoding(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS);
 extern Datum PG_encoding_to_char(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS);
 extern Datum PG_char_to_encoding(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS);
 
-/* formatting for internal types */
+/* format_type.c */
 extern Datum format_type(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS);
+extern Datum oidvectortypes(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS);
 
 #endif	 /* BUILTINS_H */