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The catalog <code class="structname">pg_rewrite</code> stores rewrite rules for tables and views.
</p><div class="table" id="id-1.10.4.46.4"><p class="title"><strong>Table 52.44. <code class="structname">pg_rewrite</code> Columns</strong></p><div class="table-contents"><table class="table" summary="pg_rewrite Columns" border="1"><colgroup><col /><col /><col /><col /></colgroup><thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>Type</th><th>References</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code class="structfield">oid</code></td><td><code class="type">oid</code></td><td> </td><td>Row identifier (hidden attribute; must be explicitly selected)</td></tr><tr><td><code class="structfield">rulename</code></td><td><code class="type">name</code></td><td> </td><td>Rule name</td></tr><tr><td><code class="structfield">ev_class</code></td><td><code class="type">oid</code></td><td><code class="literal"><a class="link" href="catalog-pg-class.html" title="52.11. pg_class"><code class="structname">pg_class</code></a>.oid</code></td><td>The table this rule is for</td></tr><tr><td><code class="structfield">ev_type</code></td><td><code class="type">char</code></td><td> </td><td>
Event type that the rule is for: 1 = <code class="command">SELECT</code>, 2 =
<code class="command">UPDATE</code>, 3 = <code class="command">INSERT</code>, 4 =
<code class="command">DELETE</code>
</td></tr><tr><td><code class="structfield">ev_enabled</code></td><td><code class="type">char</code></td><td> </td><td>
Controls in which <a class="xref" href="runtime-config-client.html#GUC-SESSION-REPLICATION-ROLE">session_replication_role</a> modes
the rule fires.
<code class="literal">O</code> = rule fires in <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">origin</span>”</span> and <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">local</span>”</span> modes,
<code class="literal">D</code> = rule is disabled,
<code class="literal">R</code> = rule fires in <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">replica</span>”</span> mode,
<code class="literal">A</code> = rule fires always.
</td></tr><tr><td><code class="structfield">is_instead</code></td><td><code class="type">bool</code></td><td> </td><td>True if the rule is an <code class="literal">INSTEAD</code> rule</td></tr><tr><td><code class="structfield">ev_qual</code></td><td><code class="type">pg_node_tree</code></td><td> </td><td>
Expression tree (in the form of a
<code class="function">nodeToString()</code> representation) for the
rule's qualifying condition
</td></tr><tr><td><code class="structfield">ev_action</code></td><td><code class="type">pg_node_tree</code></td><td> </td><td>
Query tree (in the form of a
<code class="function">nodeToString()</code> representation) for the
rule's action
</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><br class="table-break" /><div class="note"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p>
<code class="literal">pg_class.relhasrules</code>
must be true if a table has any rules in this catalog.
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