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>33.41. <TT
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>tables</TT
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>   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).
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>Table 33-39. <TT
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>tables</TT
> Columns</B
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><TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>table_catalog</TT
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><TT
CLASS="TYPE"
>sql_identifier</TT
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>Name of the database that contains the table (always the current database)</TD
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><TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>table_schema</TT
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><TT
CLASS="TYPE"
>sql_identifier</TT
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>Name of the schema that contains the table</TD
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><TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>table_name</TT
></TD
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><TT
CLASS="TYPE"
>sql_identifier</TT
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>Name of the table</TD
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><TT
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>table_type</TT
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><TT
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>character_data</TT
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>       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
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><TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>self_referencing_column_name</TT
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><TT
CLASS="TYPE"
>sql_identifier</TT
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><TD
>Applies to a feature not available in <SPAN
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>PostgreSQL</SPAN
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><TT
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>reference_generation</TT
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><TT
CLASS="TYPE"
>character_data</TT
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>Applies to a feature not available in <SPAN
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>PostgreSQL</SPAN
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><TT
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>user_defined_type_catalog</TT
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><TT
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>Applies to a feature not available in <SPAN
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>PostgreSQL</SPAN
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><TT
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>user_defined_type_schema</TT
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><TT
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>Applies to a feature not available in <SPAN
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><TT
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>user_defined_type_name</TT
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>Applies to a feature not available in <SPAN
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><TT
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>is_insertable_into</TT
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><TT
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>character_data</TT
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>       <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>YES</TT
> if the table is insertable into,
       <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>NO</TT
> if not (Base tables are always insertable
       into, views not necessarily.)
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><TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>is_typed</TT
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><TT
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>character_data</TT
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>Applies to a feature not available in <SPAN
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>PostgreSQL</SPAN
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><TT
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>commit_action</TT
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><TT
CLASS="TYPE"
>character_data</TT
></TD
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>       If the table is a temporary table, then
       <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>PRESERVE</TT
>, else null.  (The SQL standard
       defines other commit actions for temporary tables, which are
       not supported by <SPAN
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>PostgreSQL</SPAN
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