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
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- 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_subscription - 51.53.
pg_subscription_rel - 51.54.
pg_tablespace - 51.55.
pg_transform - 51.56.
pg_trigger - 51.57.
pg_ts_config - 51.58.
pg_ts_config_map - 51.59.
pg_ts_dict - 51.60.
pg_ts_parser - 51.61.
pg_ts_template - 51.62.
pg_type - 51.63.
pg_user_mapping - 51.64. System Views
- 51.65.
pg_available_extensions - 51.66.
pg_available_extension_versions - 51.67.
pg_config - 51.68.
pg_cursors - 51.69.
pg_file_settings - 51.70.
pg_group - 51.71.
pg_hba_file_rules - 51.72.
pg_indexes - 51.73.
pg_locks - 51.74.
pg_matviews - 51.75.
pg_policies - 51.76.
pg_prepared_statements - 51.77.
pg_prepared_xacts - 51.78.
pg_publication_tables - 51.79.
pg_replication_origin_status - 51.80.
pg_replication_slots - 51.81.
pg_roles - 51.82.
pg_rules - 51.83.
pg_seclabels - 51.84.
pg_sequences - 51.85.
pg_settings - 51.86.
pg_shadow - 51.87.
pg_stats - 51.88.
pg_tables - 51.89.
pg_timezone_abbrevs - 51.90.
pg_timezone_names - 51.91.
pg_user - 51.92.
pg_user_mappings - 51.93.
pg_views
- 52. Frontend/Backend Protocol
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- 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
- 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. Index Access Method Interface Definition
- 61. Generic WAL Records
- 62. GiST Indexes
- 63. SP-GiST Indexes
- 64. GIN Indexes
- 65. BRIN Indexes
- 66. Database Physical Storage
- 67. BKI Backend Interface
- 68. How the Planner Uses Statistics