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54.1. Overview
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Table 54.1 lists the system views. More detailed documentation of each catalog follows below. Except where noted, all the views described here are read-only.

Table 54.1. System Views

View Name Purpose

View Name	Purpose
`pg_available_extensions`	available extensions
`pg_available_extension_versions`	available versions of extensions
`pg_backend_memory_contexts`	backend memory contexts
`pg_config`	compile-time configuration parameters
`pg_cursors`	open cursors
`pg_file_settings`	summary of configuration file contents
`pg_group`	groups of database users
`pg_hba_file_rules`	summary of client authentication configuration file contents
`pg_ident_file_mappings`	summary of client user name mapping configuration file contents
`pg_indexes`	indexes
`pg_locks`	locks currently held or awaited
`pg_matviews`	materialized views
`pg_policies`	policies
`pg_prepared_statements`	prepared statements
`pg_prepared_xacts`	prepared transactions
`pg_publication_tables`	publications and information of their associated tables
`pg_replication_origin_status`	information about replication origins, including replication progress
`pg_replication_slots`	replication slot information
`pg_roles`	database roles
`pg_rules`	rules
`pg_seclabels`	security labels
`pg_sequences`	sequences
`pg_settings`	parameter settings
`pg_shadow`	database users
`pg_shmem_allocations`	shared memory allocations
`pg_stats`	planner statistics
`pg_stats_ext`	extended planner statistics
`pg_stats_ext_exprs`	extended planner statistics for expressions
`pg_tables`	tables
`pg_timezone_abbrevs`	time zone abbreviations
`pg_timezone_names`	time zone names
`pg_user`	database users
`pg_user_mappings`	user mappings
`pg_views`	views

pg_available_extensions

available extensions

pg_available_extension_versions

available versions of extensions

pg_backend_memory_contexts

backend memory contexts

pg_config

compile-time configuration parameters

pg_cursors

open cursors

pg_file_settings

summary of configuration file contents

pg_group

groups of database users

pg_hba_file_rules

summary of client authentication configuration file contents

pg_ident_file_mappings

summary of client user name mapping configuration file contents

pg_indexes

indexes

pg_locks

locks currently held or awaited

pg_matviews

materialized views

pg_policies

policies

pg_prepared_statements

prepared statements

pg_prepared_xacts

prepared transactions

pg_publication_tables

publications and information of their associated tables

pg_replication_origin_status

information about replication origins, including replication progress

pg_replication_slots

replication slot information

database roles

rules

security labels

sequences

parameter settings

database users

pg_shmem_allocations

shared memory allocations

pg_stats

planner statistics

pg_stats_ext

extended planner statistics

pg_stats_ext_exprs

extended planner statistics for expressions

pg_tables

tables

pg_timezone_abbrevs

time zone abbreviations

time zone names

database users

user mappings

views

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