Part VII. Internals
This part contains assorted information that might be of use to PostgreSQL developers.
Table of Contents
- 52. Overview of PostgreSQL Internals
- 53. System Catalogs
- 53.1. Overview
- 53.2.
pg_aggregate - 53.3.
pg_am - 53.4.
pg_amop - 53.5.
pg_amproc - 53.6.
pg_attrdef - 53.7.
pg_attribute - 53.8.
pg_authid - 53.9.
pg_auth_members - 53.10.
pg_cast - 53.11.
pg_class - 53.12.
pg_collation - 53.13.
pg_constraint - 53.14.
pg_conversion - 53.15.
pg_database - 53.16.
pg_db_role_setting - 53.17.
pg_default_acl - 53.18.
pg_depend - 53.19.
pg_description - 53.20.
pg_enum - 53.21.
pg_event_trigger - 53.22.
pg_extension - 53.23.
pg_foreign_data_wrapper - 53.24.
pg_foreign_server - 53.25.
pg_foreign_table - 53.26.
pg_index - 53.27.
pg_inherits - 53.28.
pg_init_privs - 53.29.
pg_language - 53.30.
pg_largeobject - 53.31.
pg_largeobject_metadata - 53.32.
pg_namespace - 53.33.
pg_opclass - 53.34.
pg_operator - 53.35.
pg_opfamily - 53.36.
pg_parameter_acl - 53.37.
pg_partitioned_table - 53.38.
pg_policy - 53.39.
pg_proc - 53.40.
pg_publication - 53.41.
pg_publication_namespace - 53.42.
pg_publication_rel - 53.43.
pg_range - 53.44.
pg_replication_origin - 53.45.
pg_rewrite - 53.46.
pg_seclabel - 53.47.
pg_sequence - 53.48.
pg_shdepend - 53.49.
pg_shdescription - 53.50.
pg_shseclabel - 53.51.
pg_statistic - 53.52.
pg_statistic_ext - 53.53.
pg_statistic_ext_data - 53.54.
pg_subscription - 53.55.
pg_subscription_rel - 53.56.
pg_tablespace - 53.57.
pg_transform - 53.58.
pg_trigger - 53.59.
pg_ts_config - 53.60.
pg_ts_config_map - 53.61.
pg_ts_dict - 53.62.
pg_ts_parser - 53.63.
pg_ts_template - 53.64.
pg_type - 53.65.
pg_user_mapping
- 54. System Views
- 54.1. Overview
- 54.2.
pg_available_extensions - 54.3.
pg_available_extension_versions - 54.4.
pg_backend_memory_contexts - 54.5.
pg_config - 54.6.
pg_cursors - 54.7.
pg_file_settings - 54.8.
pg_group - 54.9.
pg_hba_file_rules - 54.10.
pg_ident_file_mappings - 54.11.
pg_indexes - 54.12.
pg_locks - 54.13.
pg_matviews - 54.14.
pg_policies - 54.15.
pg_prepared_statements - 54.16.
pg_prepared_xacts - 54.17.
pg_publication_tables - 54.18.
pg_replication_origin_status - 54.19.
pg_replication_slots - 54.20.
pg_roles - 54.21.
pg_rules - 54.22.
pg_seclabels - 54.23.
pg_sequences - 54.24.
pg_settings - 54.25.
pg_shadow - 54.26.
pg_shmem_allocations - 54.27.
pg_stats - 54.28.
pg_stats_ext - 54.29.
pg_stats_ext_exprs - 54.30.
pg_tables - 54.31.
pg_timezone_abbrevs - 54.32.
pg_timezone_names - 54.33.
pg_user - 54.34.
pg_user_mappings - 54.35.
pg_views
- 55. Frontend/Backend Protocol
- 55.1. Overview
- 55.2. Message Flow
- 55.3. SASL Authentication
- 55.4. Streaming Replication Protocol
- 55.5. Logical Streaming Replication Protocol
- 55.6. Message Data Types
- 55.7. Message Formats
- 55.8. Error and Notice Message Fields
- 55.9. Logical Replication Message Formats
- 55.10. Summary of Changes since Protocol 2.0
- 56. PostgreSQL Coding Conventions
- 57. Native Language Support
- 58. Writing a Procedural Language Handler
- 59. Writing a Foreign Data Wrapper
- 60. Writing a Table Sampling Method
- 61. Writing a Custom Scan Provider
- 62. Genetic Query Optimizer
- 63. Table Access Method Interface Definition
- 64. Index Access Method Interface Definition
- 65. Generic WAL Records
- 66. Custom WAL Resource Managers
- 67. B-Tree Indexes
- 68. GiST Indexes
- 69. SP-GiST Indexes
- 70. GIN Indexes
- 71. BRIN Indexes
- 72. Hash Indexes
- 73. Database Physical Storage
- 74. Transaction Processing
- 75. System Catalog Declarations and Initial Contents
- 76. How the Planner Uses Statistics
- 77. Backup Manifest Format