Part VII. Internals
This part contains assorted information that might be of use to PostgreSQL developers.
Table of Contents
- 50. Overview of PostgreSQL Internals
- 51. System Catalogs
- 51.1. Overview
- 51.2.
pg_aggregate- 51.3.
pg_am- 51.4.
pg_amop- 51.5.
pg_amproc- 51.6.
pg_attrdef- 51.7.
pg_attribute- 51.8.
pg_authid- 51.9.
pg_auth_members- 51.10.
pg_cast- 51.11.
pg_class- 51.12.
pg_collation- 51.13.
pg_constraint- 51.14.
pg_conversion- 51.15.
pg_database- 51.16.
pg_db_role_setting- 51.17.
pg_default_acl- 51.18.
pg_depend- 51.19.
pg_description- 51.20.
pg_enum- 51.21.
pg_event_trigger- 51.22.
pg_extension- 51.23.
pg_foreign_data_wrapper- 51.24.
pg_foreign_server- 51.25.
pg_foreign_table- 51.26.
pg_index- 51.27.
pg_inherits- 51.28.
pg_init_privs- 51.29.
pg_language- 51.30.
pg_largeobject- 51.31.
pg_largeobject_metadata- 51.32.
pg_namespace- 51.33.
pg_opclass- 51.34.
pg_operator- 51.35.
pg_opfamily- 51.36.
pg_partitioned_table- 51.37.
pg_pltemplate- 51.38.
pg_policy- 51.39.
pg_proc- 51.40.
pg_publication- 51.41.
pg_publication_rel- 51.42.
pg_range- 51.43.
pg_replication_origin- 51.44.
pg_rewrite- 51.45.
pg_seclabel- 51.46.
pg_sequence- 51.47.
pg_shdepend- 51.48.
pg_shdescription- 51.49.
pg_shseclabel- 51.50.
pg_statistic- 51.51.
pg_statistic_ext- 51.52.
pg_statistic_ext_data- 51.53.
pg_subscription- 51.54.
pg_subscription_rel- 51.55.
pg_tablespace- 51.56.
pg_transform- 51.57.
pg_trigger- 51.58.
pg_ts_config- 51.59.
pg_ts_config_map- 51.60.
pg_ts_dict- 51.61.
pg_ts_parser- 51.62.
pg_ts_template- 51.63.
pg_type- 51.64.
pg_user_mapping- 51.65. System Views
- 51.66.
pg_available_extensions- 51.67.
pg_available_extension_versions- 51.68.
pg_config- 51.69.
pg_cursors- 51.70.
pg_file_settings- 51.71.
pg_group- 51.72.
pg_hba_file_rules- 51.73.
pg_indexes- 51.74.
pg_locks- 51.75.
pg_matviews- 51.76.
pg_policies- 51.77.
pg_prepared_statements- 51.78.
pg_prepared_xacts- 51.79.
pg_publication_tables- 51.80.
pg_replication_origin_status- 51.81.
pg_replication_slots- 51.82.
pg_roles- 51.83.
pg_rules- 51.84.
pg_seclabels- 51.85.
pg_sequences- 51.86.
pg_settings- 51.87.
pg_shadow- 51.88.
pg_stats- 51.89.
pg_stats_ext- 51.90.
pg_tables- 51.91.
pg_timezone_abbrevs- 51.92.
pg_timezone_names- 51.93.
pg_user- 51.94.
pg_user_mappings- 51.95.
pg_views - 51.2.
- 51.1. Overview
- 52. Frontend/Backend Protocol
- 52.1. Overview
- 52.2. Message Flow
- 52.3. SASL Authentication
- 52.4. Streaming Replication Protocol
- 52.5. Logical Streaming Replication Protocol
- 52.6. Message Data Types
- 52.7. Message Formats
- 52.8. Error and Notice Message Fields
- 52.9. Logical Replication Message Formats
- 52.10. Summary of Changes since Protocol 2.0
- 52.2. Message Flow
- 52.1. Overview
- 53. PostgreSQL Coding Conventions
- 54. Native Language Support
- 55. Writing a Procedural Language Handler
- 56. Writing a Foreign Data Wrapper
- 57. Writing a Table Sampling Method
- 58. Writing a Custom Scan Provider
- 59. Genetic Query Optimizer
- 60. Table Access Method Interface Definition
- 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