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Other views provide access to internal server state. </p><p> The information schema (<a class="xref" href="information-schema.html" title="Chapter 37. The Information Schema">Chapter 37</a>) provides an alternative set of views which overlap the functionality of the system views. Since the information schema is SQL-standard whereas the views described here are <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span>-specific, it's usually better to use the information schema if it provides all the information you need. </p><p> <a class="xref" href="views-overview.html#VIEW-TABLE" title="Table 52.65. System Views">Table 52.65</a> lists the system views described here. More detailed documentation of each view follows below. There are some additional views that provide access to the results of the statistics collector; they are described in <a class="xref" href="monitoring-stats.html#MONITORING-STATS-VIEWS-TABLE" title="Table 28.2. Collected Statistics Views">Table 28.2</a>. </p><p> Except where noted, all the views described here are read-only. </p><div class="table" id="VIEW-TABLE"><p class="title"><strong>Table 52.65. System Views</strong></p><div class="table-contents"><table class="table" summary="System Views" border="1"><colgroup><col /><col /></colgroup><thead><tr><th>View Name</th><th>Purpose</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><a class="link" href="view-pg-available-extensions.html" title="52.65. pg_available_extensions"><code class="structname">pg_available_extensions</code></a></td><td>available extensions</td></tr><tr><td><a class="link" href="view-pg-available-extension-versions.html" title="52.66. pg_available_extension_versions"><code class="structname">pg_available_extension_versions</code></a></td><td>available versions of extensions</td></tr><tr><td><a class="link" href="view-pg-config.html" title="52.67. pg_config"><code class="structname">pg_config</code></a></td><td>compile-time configuration parameters</td></tr><tr><td><a class="link" href="view-pg-cursors.html" title="52.68. pg_cursors"><code class="structname">pg_cursors</code></a></td><td>open cursors</td></tr><tr><td><a class="link" href="view-pg-file-settings.html" title="52.69. pg_file_settings"><code class="structname">pg_file_settings</code></a></td><td>summary of configuration file contents</td></tr><tr><td><a class="link" href="view-pg-group.html" title="52.70. pg_group"><code class="structname">pg_group</code></a></td><td>groups of database users</td></tr><tr><td><a class="link" href="view-pg-hba-file-rules.html" title="52.71. pg_hba_file_rules"><code class="structname">pg_hba_file_rules</code></a></td><td>summary of client authentication configuration file contents</td></tr><tr><td><a class="link" href="view-pg-indexes.html" title="52.72. pg_indexes"><code class="structname">pg_indexes</code></a></td><td>indexes</td></tr><tr><td><a class="link" href="view-pg-locks.html" title="52.73. pg_locks"><code class="structname">pg_locks</code></a></td><td>locks currently held or awaited</td></tr><tr><td><a class="link" href="view-pg-matviews.html" title="52.74. pg_matviews"><code class="structname">pg_matviews</code></a></td><td>materialized views</td></tr><tr><td><a class="link" href="view-pg-policies.html" title="52.75. pg_policies"><code class="structname">pg_policies</code></a></td><td>policies</td></tr><tr><td><a class="link" href="view-pg-prepared-statements.html" title="52.76. pg_prepared_statements"><code class="structname">pg_prepared_statements</code></a></td><td>prepared statements</td></tr><tr><td><a class="link" href="view-pg-prepared-xacts.html" title="52.77. pg_prepared_xacts"><code class="structname">pg_prepared_xacts</code></a></td><td>prepared transactions</td></tr><tr><td><a class="link" href="view-pg-publication-tables.html" title="52.78. pg_publication_tables"><code class="structname">pg_publication_tables</code></a></td><td>publications and their associated tables</td></tr><tr><td><a class="link" href="view-pg-replication-origin-status.html" title="52.79. pg_replication_origin_status"><code class="structname">pg_replication_origin_status</code></a></td><td>information about replication origins, including replication progress</td></tr><tr><td><a class="link" href="view-pg-replication-slots.html" title="52.80. pg_replication_slots"><code class="structname">pg_replication_slots</code></a></td><td>replication slot information</td></tr><tr><td><a class="link" href="view-pg-roles.html" title="52.81. pg_roles"><code class="structname">pg_roles</code></a></td><td>database roles</td></tr><tr><td><a class="link" href="view-pg-rules.html" title="52.82. pg_rules"><code class="structname">pg_rules</code></a></td><td>rules</td></tr><tr><td><a class="link" href="view-pg-seclabels.html" title="52.83. pg_seclabels"><code class="structname">pg_seclabels</code></a></td><td>security labels</td></tr><tr><td><a class="link" href="view-pg-sequences.html" title="52.84. pg_sequences"><code class="structname">pg_sequences</code></a></td><td>sequences</td></tr><tr><td><a class="link" 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