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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>53.11. pg_class</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 Vsnapshot" /><link rel="prev" href="catalog-pg-cast.html" title="53.10. pg_cast" /><link rel="next" href="catalog-pg-collation.html" title="53.12. pg_collation" /></head><body id="docContent" class="container-fluid col-10"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="5" align="center">53.11. <code class="structname">pg_class</code></th></tr><tr><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="catalog-pg-cast.html" title="53.10. pg_cast">Prev</a> </td><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="u" href="catalogs.html" title="Chapter 53. System Catalogs">Up</a></td><th width="60%" align="center">Chapter 53. System Catalogs</th><td width="10%" align="right"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 15.4 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="10%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="catalog-pg-collation.html" title="53.12. pg_collation">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr /></div><div class="sect1" id="CATALOG-PG-CLASS"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both">53.11. <code class="structname">pg_class</code></h2></div></div></div><a id="id-1.10.4.13.2" class="indexterm"></a><p>
The catalog <code class="structname">pg_class</code> catalogs tables and most
everything else that has columns or is otherwise similar to a
table. This includes indexes (but see also <a class="link" href="catalog-pg-index.html" title="53.26. pg_index"><code class="structname">pg_index</code></a>),
sequences (but see also <a class="link" href="catalog-pg-sequence.html" title="53.47. pg_sequence"><code class="structname">pg_sequence</code></a>),
views, materialized views, composite types, and TOAST tables;
see <code class="structfield">relkind</code>.
Below, when we mean all of these kinds of objects we speak of
<span class="quote">“<span class="quote">relations</span>”</span>. Not all columns are meaningful for all relation
types.
</p><div class="table" id="id-1.10.4.13.4"><p class="title"><strong>Table 53.11. <code class="structname">pg_class</code> Columns</strong></p><div class="table-contents"><table class="table" summary="pg_class 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">oid</code> <code class="type">oid</code>
</p>
<p>
Row identifier
</p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
<code class="structfield">relname</code> <code class="type">name</code>
</p>
<p>
Name of the table, index, view, etc.
</p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
<code class="structfield">relnamespace</code> <code class="type">oid</code>
(references <a class="link" href="catalog-pg-namespace.html" title="53.32. pg_namespace"><code class="structname">pg_namespace</code></a>.<code class="structfield">oid</code>)
</p>
<p>
The OID of the namespace that contains this relation
</p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
<code class="structfield">reltype</code> <code class="type">oid</code>
(references <a class="link" href="catalog-pg-type.html" title="53.64. pg_type"><code class="structname">pg_type</code></a>.<code class="structfield">oid</code>)
</p>
<p>
The OID of the data type that corresponds to this table's row type,
if any; zero for indexes, sequences, and toast tables, which have
no <code class="structname">pg_type</code> entry
</p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
<code class="structfield">reloftype</code> <code class="type">oid</code>
(references <a class="link" href="catalog-pg-type.html" title="53.64. pg_type"><code class="structname">pg_type</code></a>.<code class="structfield">oid</code>)
</p>
<p>
For typed tables, the OID of the underlying composite type;
zero for all other relations
</p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
<code class="structfield">relowner</code> <code class="type">oid</code>
(references <a class="link" href="catalog-pg-authid.html" title="53.8. pg_authid"><code class="structname">pg_authid</code></a>.<code class="structfield">oid</code>)
</p>
<p>
Owner of the relation
</p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
<code class="structfield">relam</code> <code class="type">oid</code>
(references <a class="link" href="catalog-pg-am.html" title="53.3. pg_am"><code class="structname">pg_am</code></a>.<code class="structfield">oid</code>)
</p>
<p>
If this is a table or an index, the access method used (heap,
B-tree, hash, etc.); otherwise zero (zero occurs for sequences,
as well as relations without storage, such as views)
</p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
<code class="structfield">relfilenode</code> <code class="type">oid</code>
</p>
<p>
Name of the on-disk file of this relation; zero means this
is a <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">mapped</span>”</span> relation whose disk file name is determined
by low-level state
</p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
<code class="structfield">reltablespace</code> <code class="type">oid</code>
(references <a class="link" href="catalog-pg-tablespace.html" title="53.56. pg_tablespace"><code class="structname">pg_tablespace</code></a>.<code class="structfield">oid</code>)
</p>
<p>
The tablespace in which this relation is stored. If zero,
the database's default tablespace is implied. (Not meaningful
if the relation has no on-disk file.)
</p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
<code class="structfield">relpages</code> <code class="type">int4</code>
</p>
<p>
Size of the on-disk representation of this table in pages (of size
<code class="symbol">BLCKSZ</code>). This is only an estimate used by the
planner. It is updated by <a class="link" href="sql-vacuum.html" title="VACUUM"><code class="command">VACUUM</code></a>,
<a class="link" href="sql-analyze.html" title="ANALYZE"><code class="command">ANALYZE</code></a>, and a few DDL commands such as
<a class="link" href="sql-createindex.html" title="CREATE INDEX"><code class="command">CREATE INDEX</code></a>.
</p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
<code class="structfield">reltuples</code> <code class="type">float4</code>
</p>
<p>
Number of live rows in the table. This is only an estimate used by
the planner. It is updated by <a class="link" href="sql-vacuum.html" title="VACUUM"><code class="command">VACUUM</code></a>,
<a class="link" href="sql-analyze.html" title="ANALYZE"><code class="command">ANALYZE</code></a>, and a few DDL commands such as
<a class="link" href="sql-createindex.html" title="CREATE INDEX"><code class="command">CREATE INDEX</code></a>.
If the table has never yet been vacuumed or
analyzed, <code class="structfield">reltuples</code>
contains <code class="literal">-1</code> indicating that the row count is
unknown.
</p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
<code class="structfield">relallvisible</code> <code class="type">int4</code>
</p>
<p>
Number of pages that are marked all-visible in the table's
visibility map. This is only an estimate used by the
planner. It is updated by <a class="link" href="sql-vacuum.html" title="VACUUM"><code class="command">VACUUM</code></a>,
<a class="link" href="sql-analyze.html" title="ANALYZE"><code class="command">ANALYZE</code></a>, and a few DDL commands such as
<a class="link" href="sql-createindex.html" title="CREATE INDEX"><code class="command">CREATE INDEX</code></a>.
</p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
<code class="structfield">reltoastrelid</code> <code class="type">oid</code>
(references <a class="link" href="catalog-pg-class.html" title="53.11. pg_class"><code class="structname">pg_class</code></a>.<code class="structfield">oid</code>)
</p>
<p>
OID of the TOAST table associated with this table, zero if none. The
TOAST table stores large attributes <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">out of line</span>”</span> in a
secondary table.
</p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
<code class="structfield">relhasindex</code> <code class="type">bool</code>
</p>
<p>
True if this is a table and it has (or recently had) any indexes
</p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
<code class="structfield">relisshared</code> <code class="type">bool</code>
</p>
<p>
True if this table is shared across all databases in the cluster. Only
certain system catalogs (such as <a class="link" href="catalog-pg-database.html" title="53.15. pg_database"><code class="structname">pg_database</code></a>)
are shared.
</p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
<code class="structfield">relpersistence</code> <code class="type">char</code>
</p>
<p>
<code class="literal">p</code> = permanent table/sequence, <code class="literal">u</code> = unlogged table/sequence,
<code class="literal">t</code> = temporary table/sequence
</p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
<code class="structfield">relkind</code> <code class="type">char</code>
</p>
<p>
<code class="literal">r</code> = ordinary table,
<code class="literal">i</code> = index,
<code class="literal">S</code> = sequence,
<code class="literal">t</code> = TOAST table,
<code class="literal">v</code> = view,
<code class="literal">m</code> = materialized view,
<code class="literal">c</code> = composite type,
<code class="literal">f</code> = foreign table,
<code class="literal">p</code> = partitioned table,
<code class="literal">I</code> = partitioned index
</p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
<code class="structfield">relnatts</code> <code class="type">int2</code>
</p>
<p>
Number of user columns in the relation (system columns not
counted). There must be this many corresponding entries in
<a class="link" href="catalog-pg-attribute.html" title="53.7. pg_attribute"><code class="structname">pg_attribute</code></a>. See also
<code class="structname">pg_attribute</code>.<code class="structfield">attnum</code>.
</p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
<code class="structfield">relchecks</code> <code class="type">int2</code>
</p>
<p>
Number of <code class="literal">CHECK</code> constraints on the table; see
<a class="link" href="catalog-pg-constraint.html" title="53.13. pg_constraint"><code class="structname">pg_constraint</code></a> catalog
</p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
<code class="structfield">relhasrules</code> <code class="type">bool</code>
</p>
<p>
True if table has (or once had) rules; see
<a class="link" href="catalog-pg-rewrite.html" title="53.45. pg_rewrite"><code class="structname">pg_rewrite</code></a> catalog
</p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
<code class="structfield">relhastriggers</code> <code class="type">bool</code>
</p>
<p>
True if table has (or once had) triggers; see
<a class="link" href="catalog-pg-trigger.html" title="53.58. pg_trigger"><code class="structname">pg_trigger</code></a> catalog
</p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
<code class="structfield">relhassubclass</code> <code class="type">bool</code>
</p>
<p>
True if table or index has (or once had) any inheritance children or partitions
</p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
<code class="structfield">relrowsecurity</code> <code class="type">bool</code>
</p>
<p>
True if table has row-level security enabled; see
<a class="link" href="catalog-pg-policy.html" title="53.38. pg_policy"><code class="structname">pg_policy</code></a> catalog
</p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
<code class="structfield">relforcerowsecurity</code> <code class="type">bool</code>
</p>
<p>
True if row-level security (when enabled) will also apply to table owner; see
<a class="link" href="catalog-pg-policy.html" title="53.38. pg_policy"><code class="structname">pg_policy</code></a> catalog
</p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
<code class="structfield">relispopulated</code> <code class="type">bool</code>
</p>
<p>
True if relation is populated (this is true for all
relations other than some materialized views)
</p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
<code class="structfield">relreplident</code> <code class="type">char</code>
</p>
<p>
Columns used to form <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">replica identity</span>”</span> for rows:
<code class="literal">d</code> = default (primary key, if any),
<code class="literal">n</code> = nothing,
<code class="literal">f</code> = all columns,
<code class="literal">i</code> = index with
<code class="structfield">indisreplident</code> set (same as nothing if the
index used has been dropped)
</p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
<code class="structfield">relispartition</code> <code class="type">bool</code>
</p>
<p>
True if table or index is a partition
</p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
<code class="structfield">relrewrite</code> <code class="type">oid</code>
(references <a class="link" href="catalog-pg-class.html" title="53.11. pg_class"><code class="structname">pg_class</code></a>.<code class="structfield">oid</code>)
</p>
<p>
For new relations being written during a DDL operation that requires a
table rewrite, this contains the OID of the original relation;
otherwise zero. That state is only visible internally; this field should
never contain anything other than zero for a user-visible relation.
</p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
<code class="structfield">relfrozenxid</code> <code class="type">xid</code>
</p>
<p>
All transaction IDs before this one have been replaced with a permanent
(<span class="quote">“<span class="quote">frozen</span>”</span>) transaction ID in this table. This is used to track
whether the table needs to be vacuumed in order to prevent transaction
ID wraparound or to allow <code class="literal">pg_xact</code> to be shrunk. Zero
(<code class="symbol">InvalidTransactionId</code>) if the relation is not a table.
</p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
<code class="structfield">relminmxid</code> <code class="type">xid</code>
</p>
<p>
All multixact IDs before this one have been replaced by a
transaction ID in this table. This is used to track
whether the table needs to be vacuumed in order to prevent multixact ID
wraparound or to allow <code class="literal">pg_multixact</code> to be shrunk. Zero
(<code class="symbol">InvalidMultiXactId</code>) if the relation is not a table.
</p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
<code class="structfield">relacl</code> <code class="type">aclitem[]</code>
</p>
<p>
Access privileges; see <a class="xref" href="ddl-priv.html" title="5.7. Privileges">Section 5.7</a> for details
</p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
<code class="structfield">reloptions</code> <code class="type">text[]</code>
</p>
<p>
Access-method-specific options, as <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">keyword=value</span>”</span> strings
</p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
<code class="structfield">relpartbound</code> <code class="type">pg_node_tree</code>
</p>
<p>
If table is a partition (see <code class="structfield">relispartition</code>),
internal representation of the partition bound
</p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><br class="table-break" /><p>
Several of the Boolean flags in <code class="structname">pg_class</code> are maintained
lazily: they are guaranteed to be true if that's the correct state, but
may not be reset to false immediately when the condition is no longer
true. For example, <code class="structfield">relhasindex</code> is set by
<a class="link" href="sql-createindex.html" title="CREATE INDEX"><code class="command">CREATE INDEX</code></a>, but it is never cleared by
<a class="link" href="sql-dropindex.html" title="DROP INDEX"><code class="command">DROP INDEX</code></a>. Instead, <a class="link" href="sql-vacuum.html" title="VACUUM"><code class="command">VACUUM</code></a> clears
<code class="structfield">relhasindex</code> if it finds the table has no indexes. This
arrangement avoids race conditions and improves concurrency.
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