Internals

PostgreSQL 9.3.16 Documentation
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This part contains assorted information that might be of use to PostgreSQL developers.

Table of Contents

46. Overview of PostgreSQL Internals

46.1. The Path of a Query
46.2. How Connections are Established
46.3. The Parser Stage
46.4. The PostgreSQL Rule System
46.5. Planner/Optimizer
46.6. Executor

47. System Catalogs

47.1. Overview
47.2. pg_aggregate
47.3. pg_am
47.4. pg_amop
47.5. pg_amproc
47.6. pg_attrdef
47.7. pg_attribute
47.8. pg_authid
47.9. pg_auth_members
47.10. pg_cast
47.11. pg_class
47.12. pg_collation
47.13. pg_constraint
47.14. pg_conversion
47.15. pg_database
47.16. pg_db_role_setting
47.17. pg_default_acl
47.18. pg_depend
47.19. pg_description
47.20. pg_enum
47.21. pg_event_trigger
47.22. pg_extension
47.23. pg_foreign_data_wrapper
47.24. pg_foreign_server
47.25. pg_foreign_table
47.26. pg_index
47.27. pg_inherits
47.28. pg_language
47.29. pg_largeobject
47.30. pg_largeobject_metadata
47.31. pg_namespace
47.32. pg_opclass
47.33. pg_operator
47.34. pg_opfamily
47.35. pg_pltemplate
47.36. pg_proc
47.37. pg_range
47.38. pg_rewrite
47.39. pg_seclabel
47.40. pg_shdepend
47.41. pg_shdescription
47.42. pg_shseclabel
47.43. pg_statistic
47.44. pg_tablespace
47.45. pg_trigger
47.46. pg_ts_config
47.47. pg_ts_config_map
47.48. pg_ts_dict
47.49. pg_ts_parser
47.50. pg_ts_template
47.51. pg_type
47.52. pg_user_mapping
47.53. System Views
47.54. pg_available_extensions
47.55. pg_available_extension_versions
47.56. pg_cursors
47.57. pg_group
47.58. pg_indexes
47.59. pg_locks
47.60. pg_matviews
47.61. pg_prepared_statements
47.62. pg_prepared_xacts
47.63. pg_roles
47.64. pg_rules
47.65. pg_seclabels
47.66. pg_settings
47.67. pg_shadow
47.68. pg_stats
47.69. pg_tables
47.70. pg_timezone_abbrevs
47.71. pg_timezone_names
47.72. pg_user
47.73. pg_user_mappings
47.74. pg_views

48. Frontend/Backend Protocol

48.1. Overview
48.2. Message Flow
48.3. Streaming Replication Protocol
48.4. Message Data Types
48.5. Message Formats
48.6. Error and Notice Message Fields
48.7. Summary of Changes since Protocol 2.0

49. PostgreSQL Coding Conventions

49.1. Formatting
49.2. Reporting Errors Within the Server
49.3. Error Message Style Guide

50. Native Language Support

50.1. For the Translator
50.2. For the Programmer

51. Writing A Procedural Language Handler

52. Writing A Foreign Data Wrapper

52.1. Foreign Data Wrapper Functions
52.2. Foreign Data Wrapper Callback Routines
52.3. Foreign Data Wrapper Helper Functions
52.4. Foreign Data Wrapper Query Planning

53. Genetic Query Optimizer

53.1. Query Handling as a Complex Optimization Problem
53.2. Genetic Algorithms
53.3. Genetic Query Optimization ( GEQO ) in PostgreSQL
53.4. Further Reading

54. Index Access Method Interface Definition

54.1. Catalog Entries for Indexes
54.2. Index Access Method Functions
54.3. Index Scanning
54.4. Index Locking Considerations
54.5. Index Uniqueness Checks
54.6. Index Cost Estimation Functions

55. GiST Indexes

55.1. Introduction
55.2. Extensibility
55.3. Implementation
55.4. Examples

56. SP-GiST Indexes

56.1. Introduction
56.2. Extensibility
56.3. Implementation
56.4. Examples

57. GIN Indexes

57.1. Introduction
57.2. Extensibility
57.3. Implementation
57.4. GIN Tips and Tricks
57.5. Limitations
57.6. Examples

58. Database Physical Storage

58.1. Database File Layout
58.2. TOAST
58.3. Free Space Map
58.4. Visibility Map
58.5. The Initialization Fork
58.6. Database Page Layout

59. BKI Backend Interface

59.1. BKI File Format
59.2. BKI Commands
59.3. Structure of the Bootstrap BKI File
59.4. Example

60. How the Planner Uses Statistics

60.1. Row Estimation Examples

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