I'm confused about how I'm able to access the following pg_* tables regardless of connected database. I thought these tables were hidden or stored in the 'postgres' database but I'm still able to access this data regardless of which database I'm connected to:
Code:
zoo=# SELECT * FROM pg_user; usename | usesysid | usecreatedb | usesuper | usecatupd | userepl | passwd | valuntil | useconfig ----------+----------+-------------+----------+-----------+---------+----------+----------+----------- postgres | 10 | t | t | t | t | ******** | | carlos | 16384 | t | t | t | t | ******** | | (2 rows)
When I use my tab key in 'psql' after the 'FROM' statement, I'm presented with a ton of what I presume to be tables however when I check for tables in the 'postgres' database, I get nothing. I'm confused...
Code:
psql (9.1.1, server 9.1.1) You are now connected to database "postgres". postgres=# \d No relations found.
These objects are in the schema pg_catalog not public
