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_parameter_acl- 51.37.
pg_partitioned_table- 51.38.
pg_policy- 51.39.
pg_proc- 51.40.
pg_publication- 51.41.
pg_publication_namespace- 51.42.
pg_publication_rel- 51.43.
pg_range- 51.44.
pg_replication_origin- 51.45.
pg_rewrite- 51.46.
pg_seclabel- 51.47.
pg_sequence- 51.48.
pg_shdepend- 51.49.
pg_shdescription- 51.50.
pg_shseclabel- 51.51.
pg_statistic- 51.52.
pg_statistic_ext- 51.53.
pg_statistic_ext_data- 51.54.
pg_subscription- 51.55.
pg_subscription_rel- 51.56.
pg_tablespace- 51.57.
pg_transform- 51.58.
pg_trigger- 51.59.
pg_ts_config- 51.60.
pg_ts_config_map- 51.61.
pg_ts_dict- 51.62.
pg_ts_parser- 51.63.
pg_ts_template- 51.64.
pg_type- 51.65.
pg_user_mapping - 51.2.
- 51.1. Overview
- 52. System Views
- 52.1. Overview
- 52.2.
pg_available_extensions- 52.3.
pg_available_extension_versions- 52.4.
pg_backend_memory_contexts- 52.5.
pg_config- 52.6.
pg_cursors- 52.7.
pg_file_settings- 52.8.
pg_group- 52.9.
pg_hba_file_rules- 52.10.
pg_ident_file_mappings- 52.11.
pg_indexes- 52.12.
pg_locks- 52.13.
pg_matviews- 52.14.
pg_policies- 52.15.
pg_prepared_statements- 52.16.
pg_prepared_xacts- 52.17.
pg_publication_tables- 52.18.
pg_replication_origin_status- 52.19.
pg_replication_slots- 52.20.
pg_roles- 52.21.
pg_rules- 52.22.
pg_seclabels- 52.23.
pg_sequences- 52.24.
pg_settings- 52.25.
pg_shadow- 52.26.
pg_shmem_allocations- 52.27.
pg_stats- 52.28.
pg_stats_ext- 52.29.
pg_stats_ext_exprs- 52.30.
pg_tables- 52.31.
pg_timezone_abbrevs- 52.32.
pg_timezone_names- 52.33.
pg_user- 52.34.
pg_user_mappings- 52.35.
pg_views- 52.36.
pg_wait_events - 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. Table Access Method Interface Definition
- 62. Index Access Method Interface Definition
- 63. Write Ahead Logging for Extensions
- 64. Built-in Index Access Methods
- 65. Database Physical Storage
- 66. Transaction Processing
- 67. System Catalog Declarations and Initial Contents
- 68. How the Planner Uses Statistics
- 69. Backup Manifest Format