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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>51.95. pg_views</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="stylesheet.css" /><link rev="made" href="pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org" /><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.79.1" /><link rel="prev" href="view-pg-user-mappings.html" title="51.94. pg_user_mappings" /><link rel="next" href="protocol.html" title="Chapter 52. Frontend/Backend Protocol" /></head><body id="docContent" class="container-fluid col-10"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional" class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="5" align="center">51.95. <code xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="structname">pg_views</code></th></tr><tr><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="view-pg-user-mappings.html" title="51.94. pg_user_mappings">Prev</a> </td><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="u" href="catalogs.html" title="Chapter 51. System Catalogs">Up</a></td><th width="60%" align="center">Chapter 51. System Catalogs</th><td width="10%" align="right"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 13.4 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="10%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="protocol.html" title="Chapter 52. Frontend/Backend Protocol">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></hr></div><div class="sect1" id="VIEW-PG-VIEWS"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both">51.95. <code class="structname">pg_views</code></h2></div></div></div><a id="id-1.10.4.97.2" class="indexterm"></a><p>
   The view <code class="structname">pg_views</code> provides access to
   useful information about each view in the database.
  </p><div class="table" id="id-1.10.4.97.4"><p class="title"><strong>Table 51.96. <code class="structname">pg_views</code> Columns</strong></p><div class="table-contents"><table class="table" summary="pg_views Columns" border="1"><colgroup><col /></colgroup><thead><tr><th class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
       Column Type
      </p>
      <p>
       Description
      </p></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
       <code class="structfield">schemaname</code> <code class="type">name</code>
       (references <a class="link" href="catalog-pg-namespace.html" title="51.32. pg_namespace"><code class="structname">pg_namespace</code></a>.<code class="structfield">nspname</code>)
      </p>
      <p>
       Name of schema containing view
      </p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
       <code class="structfield">viewname</code> <code class="type">name</code>
       (references <a class="link" href="catalog-pg-class.html" title="51.11. pg_class"><code class="structname">pg_class</code></a>.<code class="structfield">relname</code>)
      </p>
      <p>
       Name of view
      </p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
       <code class="structfield">viewowner</code> <code class="type">name</code>
       (references <a class="link" href="catalog-pg-authid.html" title="51.8. pg_authid"><code class="structname">pg_authid</code></a>.<code class="structfield">rolname</code>)
      </p>
      <p>
       Name of view's owner
      </p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
       <code class="structfield">definition</code> <code class="type">text</code>
      </p>
      <p>
       View definition (a reconstructed <code class="command">SELECT</code> query)
      </p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><br class="table-break" /></div><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional" class="navfooter"><hr></hr><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="view-pg-user-mappings.html" title="51.94. pg_user_mappings">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="catalogs.html" title="Chapter 51. System Catalogs">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="protocol.html" title="Chapter 52. Frontend/Backend Protocol">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">51.94. <code xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="structname">pg_user_mappings</code> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 13.4 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> Chapter 52. Frontend/Backend Protocol</td></tr></table></div></body></html>