55.1. Overview #
Table 55.1 lists the system views. More detailed documentation of each catalog follows below. Except where noted, all the views described here are read-only.
Table 55.1. System Views
| View Name | Purpose | 
|---|---|
| pg_available_extensions | available extensions | 
| pg_available_extension_versions | available versions of extensions | 
| pg_backend_memory_contexts | backend memory contexts | 
| pg_config | compile-time configuration parameters | 
| pg_cursors | open cursors | 
| pg_file_settings | summary of configuration file contents | 
| pg_group | groups of database users | 
| pg_hba_file_rules | summary of client authentication configuration file contents | 
| pg_ident_file_mappings | summary of client user name mapping configuration file contents | 
| pg_indexes | indexes | 
| pg_locks | locks currently held or awaited | 
| pg_matviews | materialized views | 
| pg_policies | policies | 
| pg_prepared_statements | prepared statements | 
| pg_autoprepared_statements | autoprepared statements | 
| pg_prepared_xacts | prepared transactions | 
| pg_publication_tables | publications and information of their associated tables | 
| pg_replication_origin_status | information about replication origins, including replication progress | 
| pg_replication_slots | replication slot information | 
| pg_roles | database roles | 
| pg_rules | rules | 
| pg_seclabels | security labels | 
| pg_sequences | sequences | 
| pg_settings | parameter settings | 
| pg_shadow | database users | 
| pg_shmem_allocations | shared memory allocations | 
| pg_stats | planner statistics | 
| pg_stats_ext | extended planner statistics | 
| pg_stats_ext_exprs | extended planner statistics for expressions | 
| pg_stats_vacuum_database | statistics about database vacuuming | 
| pg_stats_vacuum_indexes | statistics about index vacuuming | 
| pg_stats_vacuum_tables | statistics about table vacuuming | 
| pg_tables | tables | 
| pg_timezone_abbrevs | time zone abbreviations | 
| pg_timezone_names | time zone names | 
| pg_user | database users | 
| pg_user_mappings | user mappings | 
| pg_views | views | 
| pg_wait_events | wait events |