Part VII. Internals
This part contains assorted information that might be of use to PostgreSQL developers.
Table of Contents
- 51. Overview of PostgreSQL Internals
- 52. System Catalogs
- 52.1. Overview
- 52.2.
pg_aggregate - 52.3.
pg_am - 52.4.
pg_amop - 52.5.
pg_amproc - 52.6.
pg_attrdef - 52.7.
pg_attribute - 52.8.
pg_authid - 52.9.
pg_auth_members - 52.10.
pg_cast - 52.11.
pg_class - 52.12.
pg_collation - 52.13.
pg_constraint - 52.14.
pg_conversion - 52.15.
pg_database - 52.16.
pg_db_role_setting - 52.17.
pg_default_acl - 52.18.
pg_depend - 52.19.
pg_description - 52.20.
pg_enum - 52.21.
pg_event_trigger - 52.22.
pg_extension - 52.23.
pg_foreign_data_wrapper - 52.24.
pg_foreign_server - 52.25.
pg_foreign_table - 52.26.
pg_index - 52.27.
pg_inherits - 52.28.
pg_init_privs - 52.29.
pg_language - 52.30.
pg_largeobject - 52.31.
pg_largeobject_metadata - 52.32.
pg_namespace - 52.33.
pg_opclass - 52.34.
pg_operator - 52.35.
pg_opfamily - 52.36.
pg_partitioned_table - 52.37.
pg_pltemplate - 52.38.
pg_policy - 52.39.
pg_proc - 52.40.
pg_publication - 52.41.
pg_publication_rel - 52.42.
pg_range - 52.43.
pg_replication_origin - 52.44.
pg_rewrite - 52.45.
pg_seclabel - 52.46.
pg_sequence - 52.47.
pg_shdepend - 52.48.
pg_shdescription - 52.49.
pg_shseclabel - 52.50.
pg_statistic - 52.51.
pg_statistic_ext - 52.52.
pg_subscription - 52.53.
pg_subscription_rel - 52.54.
pg_tablespace - 52.55.
pg_transform - 52.56.
pg_trigger - 52.57.
pg_ts_config - 52.58.
pg_ts_config_map - 52.59.
pg_ts_dict - 52.60.
pg_ts_parser - 52.61.
pg_ts_template - 52.62.
pg_type - 52.63.
pg_user_mapping - 52.64. System Views
- 52.65.
pg_available_extensions - 52.66.
pg_available_extension_versions - 52.67.
pg_config - 52.68.
pg_cursors - 52.69.
pg_file_settings - 52.70.
pg_group - 52.71.
pg_hba_file_rules - 52.72.
pg_indexes - 52.73.
pg_locks - 52.74.
pg_matviews - 52.75.
pg_policies - 52.76.
pg_prepared_statements - 52.77.
pg_prepared_xacts - 52.78.
pg_publication_tables - 52.79.
pg_replication_origin_status - 52.80.
pg_replication_slots - 52.81.
pg_roles - 52.82.
pg_rules - 52.83.
pg_seclabels - 52.84.
pg_sequences - 52.85.
pg_settings - 52.86.
pg_shadow - 52.87.
pg_stats - 52.88.
pg_tables - 52.89.
pg_timezone_abbrevs - 52.90.
pg_timezone_names - 52.91.
pg_user - 52.92.
pg_user_mappings - 52.93.
pg_views
- 53. Frontend/Backend Protocol
- 53.1. Overview
- 53.2. Message Flow
- 53.3. SASL Authentication
- 53.4. Streaming Replication Protocol
- 53.5. Logical Streaming Replication Protocol
- 53.6. Message Data Types
- 53.7. Message Formats
- 53.8. Error and Notice Message Fields
- 53.9. Logical Replication Message Formats
- 53.10. Summary of Changes since Protocol 2.0
- 54. PostgreSQL Coding Conventions
- 55. Native Language Support
- 56. Writing A Procedural Language Handler
- 57. Writing A Foreign Data Wrapper
- 58. Writing A Table Sampling Method
- 59. Writing A Custom Scan Provider
- 60. Genetic Query Optimizer
- 61. Index Access Method Interface Definition
- 62. Generic WAL Records
- 63. B-Tree Indexes
- 64. GiST Indexes
- 65. SP-GiST Indexes
- 66. GIN Indexes
- 67. BRIN Indexes
- 68. Hash Indexes
- 69. Database Physical Storage
- 70. System Catalog Declarations and Initial Contents
- 71. How the Planner Uses Statistics