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 - 52.2.
- 52.1. Overview
- 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
- 53.2. Message Flow
- 53.1. Overview
- 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