If the field can be identified as a column of a specific table, the attribute number of the column; otherwise zero.
The format code being used for the field. Currently will be zero (text) or one (binary). In a RowDescription returned from the statement variant of Describe, the format code is not yet known and will always be zero.
If the field can be identified as a column of a specific table, the object ID of the table; otherwise zero.
The object ID of the field's data type.
The data type size (see pg_type.typlen). Note that negative values denote variable-width types.
The type modifier (see pg_attribute.atttypmod). The meaning of the modifier is type-specific.
backing buffer, owned by Message
Lazily-deserialized field (column) description