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 - 53.2.
- 53.1. Overview
- 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 - 54.2.
- 54.1. Overview
- 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
- 55.2. Message Flow
- 55.1. Overview
- 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
- 66. Custom WAL Resource Managers
- 68. GiST Indexes
- 69. SP-GiST Indexes
- 70. GIN Indexes
- 71. BRIN Indexes
- 72. Hash Indexes
- 73. Database Physical Storage
- 74. System Catalog Declarations and Initial Contents
- 75. How the Planner Uses Statistics
- 76. Backup Manifest Format