<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >tables</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.79"><LINK REV="MADE" HREF="mailto:pgsql-docs@postgresql.org"><LINK REL="HOME" TITLE="PostgreSQL 8.0.11 Documentation" HREF="index.html"><LINK REL="UP" TITLE="The Information Schema" HREF="information-schema.html"><LINK REL="PREVIOUS" TITLE="table_privileges" HREF="infoschema-table-privileges.html"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="triggers" HREF="infoschema-triggers.html"><LINK REL="STYLESHEET" TYPE="text/css" HREF="stylesheet.css"><META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><META NAME="creation" CONTENT="2007-02-02T03:57:22"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="SECT1" ><DIV CLASS="NAVHEADER" ><TABLE SUMMARY="Header navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TH COLSPAN="5" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="bottom" >PostgreSQL 8.0.11 Documentation</TH ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="infoschema-table-privileges.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="information-schema.html" >Fast Backward</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="60%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="bottom" >Chapter 30. The Information Schema</TD ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="information-schema.html" >Fast Forward</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="infoschema-triggers.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"></DIV ><DIV CLASS="SECT1" ><H1 CLASS="SECT1" ><A NAME="INFOSCHEMA-TABLES" >30.36. <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >tables</TT ></A ></H1 ><P > The view <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >tables</TT > contains all tables and views defined in the current database. Only those tables and views are shown that the current user has access to (by way of being the owner or having some privilege). </P ><DIV CLASS="TABLE" ><A NAME="AEN28923" ></A ><P ><B >Table 30-34. <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >tables</TT > Columns</B ></P ><TABLE BORDER="1" CLASS="CALSTABLE" ><COL><COL><COL><THEAD ><TR ><TH >Name</TH ><TH >Data Type</TH ><TH >Description</TH ></TR ></THEAD ><TBODY ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >table_catalog</TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="TYPE" >sql_identifier</TT ></TD ><TD >Name of the database that contains the table (always the current database)</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >table_schema</TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="TYPE" >sql_identifier</TT ></TD ><TD >Name of the schema that contains the table</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >table_name</TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="TYPE" >sql_identifier</TT ></TD ><TD >Name of the table</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >table_type</TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="TYPE" >character_data</TT ></TD ><TD > Type of the table: <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >BASE TABLE</TT > for a persistent base table (the normal table type), <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >VIEW</TT > for a view, or <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >LOCAL TEMPORARY</TT > for a temporary table </TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >self_referencing_column_name</TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="TYPE" >sql_identifier</TT ></TD ><TD >Applies to a feature not available in <SPAN CLASS="PRODUCTNAME" >PostgreSQL</SPAN ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >reference_generation</TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="TYPE" >character_data</TT ></TD ><TD >Applies to a feature not available in <SPAN CLASS="PRODUCTNAME" >PostgreSQL</SPAN ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >user_defined_type_catalog</TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="TYPE" >sql_identifier</TT ></TD ><TD >Applies to a feature not available in <SPAN CLASS="PRODUCTNAME" >PostgreSQL</SPAN ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >user_defined_type_schema</TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="TYPE" >sql_identifier</TT ></TD ><TD >Applies to a feature not available in <SPAN CLASS="PRODUCTNAME" >PostgreSQL</SPAN ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >user_defined_type_name</TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="TYPE" >sql_identifier</TT ></TD ><TD >Applies to a feature not available in <SPAN CLASS="PRODUCTNAME" >PostgreSQL</SPAN ></TD ></TR ></TBODY ></TABLE ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="infoschema-table-privileges.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="index.html" ACCESSKEY="H" >Home</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="infoschema-triggers.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >table_privileges</TT ></TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="information-schema.html" ACCESSKEY="U" >Up</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >triggers</TT ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >