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For PostgreSQL compatibility, CockroachDB includes a system catalog called pg_catalog. The tables in the pg_catalog schema roughly correspond to the system catalogs in PostgreSQL. pg_catalog tables are read-only.
Data exposed by pg_catalog
The tables in CockroachDB's pg_catalog schema correspond to a subset of the virtual tables and views that make up the PostgreSQL system catalogs. Not all PostgreSQL system catalogs have a corresponding table in pg_catalog, and some of the pg_catalog tables are empty. See the following table for a detailed comparison between PostgreSQL 13 system catalogs and pg_catalog tables.
| PostgreSQL 13 system catalog | pg_catalog table |
|---|---|
pg_aggregate |
pg_aggregate |
pg_am |
pg_am |
pg_amop |
pg_amop (empty) |
pg_amproc |
pg_amproc (empty) |
pg_attrdef |
pg_attrdef |
pg_attribute |
pg_attribute |
pg_auth_members |
pg_auth_members |
pg_authid |
pg_authid |
pg_available_extension_versions |
pg_available_extension_versions (empty) |
pg_available_extensions |
pg_available_extensions |
pg_cast |
pg_cast |
pg_class |
pg_class |
pg_collation |
pg_collation |
pg_config |
pg_config (empty) |
pg_constraint |
pg_constraint |
pg_conversion |
pg_conversion |
pg_cursors |
pg_cursors (empty) |
pg_database |
pg_database |
pg_db_role_setting |
pg_db_role_setting |
pg_default_acl |
pg_default_acl |
pg_depend |
pg_depend |
pg_description |
pg_description |
pg_enum |
pg_enum |
pg_event_trigger |
pg_event_trigger |
pg_extension |
pg_extension |
pg_file_settings |
pg_file_settings (empty) |
pg_foreign_data_wrapper |
pg_foreign_data_wrapper |
pg_foreign_server |
pg_foreign_server |
pg_foreign_table |
pg_foreign_table |
pg_group |
pg_group (empty) |
pg_hba_file_rules |
pg_hba_file_rules (empty) |
pg_index |
pg_index |
pg_indexes |
pg_indexes |
pg_inherits |
pg_inherits |
pg_init_privs |
pg_init_privs (empty) |
pg_language |
pg_language (empty) |
pg_largeobject |
pg_largeobject (empty) |
pg_largeobject_metadata |
pg_largeobject_metadata (empty) |
pg_locks |
pg_locks |
pg_matviews |
pg_matviews |
pg_namespace |
pg_namespace |
pg_opclass |
pg_opclass (empty) |
pg_operator |
pg_operator |
pg_opfamily |
pg_opfamily (empty) |
pg_partitioned_table |
pg_partitioned_table (empty) |
pg_policies |
pg_policies (empty) |
pg_policy |
pg_policy (empty) |
pg_prepared_statements |
pg_prepared_statements (empty) |
pg_prepared_xacts |
pg_prepared_xacts (empty) |
pg_proc |
pg_proc |
pg_publication |
pg_publication (empty) |
pg_publication_rel |
pg_publication_rel (empty) |
pg_publication_tables |
pg_publication_tables (empty) |
pg_range |
pg_range |
pg_replication_origin |
pg_replication_origin (empty) |
pg_replication_origin_status |
pg_replication_origin_status (empty) |
pg_replication_slots |
pg_replication_slots (empty) |
pg_rewrite |
pg_rewrite |
pg_roles |
pg_roles |
pg_rules |
pg_rules (empty) |
pg_seclabel |
pg_seclabel |
pg_seclabels |
pg_seclabels |
pg_sequence |
pg_sequence |
pg_sequences |
pg_sequences |
pg_settings |
pg_settings |
pg_shadow |
pg_shadow (empty) |
pg_shdepend |
pg_shdepend |
pg_shdescription |
pg_shdescription |
pg_shmem_allocations |
pg_shmem_allocations (empty) |
pg_shseclabel |
pg_shseclabel |
pg_stat_activity |
pg_stat_activity |
pg_stat_all_indexes |
pg_stat_all_indexes (empty) |
pg_stat_all_tables |
pg_stat_all_tables (empty) |
pg_stat_archiver |
pg_stat_archiver (empty) |
pg_stat_bgwriter |
pg_stat_bgwriter (empty) |
pg_stat_database |
pg_stat_database (empty) |
pg_stat_database_conflicts |
pg_stat_database_conflicts (empty) |
pg_stat_gssapi |
pg_stat_gssapi (empty) |
pg_stat_progress_analyze |
pg_stat_progress_analyze (empty) |
pg_stat_progress_basebackup |
pg_stat_progress_basebackup (empty) |
pg_stat_progress_cluster |
pg_stat_progress_cluster (empty) |
pg_stat_progress_create_index |
pg_stat_progress_create_index (empty) |
pg_stat_progress_vacuum |
pg_stat_progress_vacuum (empty) |
pg_stat_replication |
pg_stat_replication (empty) |
pg_stat_slru |
pg_stat_slru (empty) |
pg_stat_ssl |
pg_stat_ssl (empty) |
pg_stat_subscription |
pg_stat_subscription (empty) |
pg_stat_sys_indexes |
pg_stat_sys_indexes (empty) |
pg_stat_sys_tables |
pg_stat_sys_tables (empty) |
pg_stat_user_functions |
pg_stat_user_functions (empty) |
pg_stat_user_indexes |
pg_stat_user_indexes (empty) |
pg_stat_user_tables |
pg_stat_user_tables (empty) |
pg_stat_wal_receiver |
pg_stat_wal_receiver (empty) |
pg_stat_xact_all_tables |
pg_stat_xact_all_tables (empty) |
pg_stat_xact_sys_tables |
pg_stat_xact_sys_tables (empty) |
pg_stat_xact_user_functions |
pg_stat_xact_user_functions (empty) |
pg_stat_xact_user_tables |
pg_stat_xact_user_tables (empty) |
pg_statio_all_indexes |
pg_statio_all_indexes (empty) |
pg_statio_all_sequences |
pg_statio_all_sequences (empty) |
pg_statio_all_tables |
pg_statio_all_tables (empty) |
pg_statio_sys_indexes |
pg_statio_sys_indexes (empty) |
pg_statio_sys_sequences |
pg_statio_sys_sequences (empty) |
pg_statio_sys_tables |
pg_statio_sys_tables (empty) |
pg_statio_user_indexes |
pg_statio_user_indexes (empty) |
pg_statio_user_sequences |
pg_statio_user_sequences (empty) |
pg_statio_user_tables |
pg_statio_user_tables (empty) |
pg_statistic |
None |
pg_statistic_ext |
pg_statistic_ext (empty) |
pg_statistic_ext_data |
None |
pg_stats |
None |
pg_stats_ext |
None |
pg_subscription |
pg_subscription (empty) |
pg_subscription_rel |
pg_subscription_rel (empty) |
pg_tables |
pg_tables |
pg_tablespace |
pg_tablespace |
pg_timezone_abbrevs |
pg_timezone_abbrevs (empty) |
pg_timezone_names |
pg_timezone_names (empty) |
pg_transform |
pg_transform (empty) |
pg_trigger |
pg_trigger |
pg_ts_config |
pg_ts_config (empty) |
pg_ts_config_map |
pg_ts_config_map (empty) |
pg_ts_dict |
pg_ts_dict (empty) |
pg_ts_parser |
pg_ts_parser (empty) |
pg_ts_template |
pg_ts_template (empty) |
pg_type |
pg_type |
pg_user |
pg_user |
pg_user_mapping |
pg_user_mapping |
pg_user_mappings |
pg_user_mappings (empty) |
pg_views |
pg_views |
To list the tables in pg_catalog for the current database, use the following SHOW TABLES statement:
> SHOW TABLES FROM pg_catalog;
schema_name | table_name | type | owner | estimated_row_count
--------------+-------------------------+-------+-------+----------------------
pg_catalog | pg_aggregate | table | NULL | NULL
pg_catalog | pg_am | table | NULL | NULL
...
Note:
To prohibit queries against empty tables, set the stub_catalog_tables session variable to off.
Query pg_catalog tables
You can run SELECT queries on the tables in pg_catalog.
Tip:
To ensure that you can view all of the tables in pg_catalog, query the tables as a user with admin privileges.
Note:
Unless specified otherwise, queries to pg_catalog assume the current database.
For example, to return the pg_catalog table with additional information about indexes in movr database, you can query the pg_catalog.pg_indexes table:
> SELECT * FROM movr.pg_catalog.pg_indexes;
crdb_oid | schemaname | tablename | indexname | tablespace | indexdef
-------------+------------+----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2055313241 | public | users | primary | NULL | CREATE UNIQUE INDEX "primary" ON movr.public.users USING btree (city ASC, id ASC)
1795576970 | public | vehicles | primary | NULL | CREATE UNIQUE INDEX "primary" ON movr.public.vehicles USING btree (city ASC, id ASC)
1795576969 | public | vehicles | vehicles_auto_index_fk_city_ref_users | NULL | CREATE INDEX vehicles_auto_index_fk_city_ref_users ON movr.public.vehicles USING btree (city ASC, owner_id ASC)
450499963 | public | rides | primary | NULL | CREATE UNIQUE INDEX "primary" ON movr.public.rides USING btree (city ASC, id ASC)
450499960 | public | rides | rides_auto_index_fk_city_ref_users | NULL | CREATE INDEX rides_auto_index_fk_city_ref_users ON movr.public.rides USING btree (city ASC, rider_id ASC)
450499961 | public | rides | rides_auto_index_fk_vehicle_city_ref_vehicles | NULL | CREATE INDEX rides_auto_index_fk_vehicle_city_ref_vehicles ON movr.public.rides USING btree (vehicle_city ASC, vehicle_id ASC)
2315049508 | public | vehicle_location_histories | primary | NULL | CREATE UNIQUE INDEX "primary" ON movr.public.vehicle_location_histories USING btree (city ASC, ride_id ASC, "timestamp" ASC)
969972501 | public | promo_codes | primary | NULL | CREATE UNIQUE INDEX "primary" ON movr.public.promo_codes USING btree (code ASC)
710236230 | public | user_promo_codes | primary | NULL | CREATE UNIQUE INDEX "primary" ON movr.public.user_promo_codes USING btree (city ASC, user_id ASC, code ASC)
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