PG_INDEX
PG_INDEX records part of the information about indexes. The rest is mostly in PG_CLASS.
Name |
Type |
Description |
---|---|---|
indexrelid |
oid |
OID of the pg_class entry for this index |
indrelid |
oid |
OID of the pg_class entry for the table this index is for |
indnatts |
smallint |
Number of columns in an index |
indisunique |
boolean |
This index is a unique index if the value is true. |
indisprimary |
boolean |
This index represents the primary key of the table if the value is true. If this value is true, the value of indisunique is true. |
indisexclusion |
boolean |
This index supports exclusion constraints if the value is true. |
indimmediate |
boolean |
A uniqueness check is performed upon data insertion if the value is true. |
indisclustered |
boolean |
The table was last clustered on this index if the value is true. |
indisusable |
boolean |
This index supports insert/select if the value is true. |
indisvalid |
boolean |
This index is valid for queries if the value is true. If this column is false, this index is possibly incomplete and must still be modified by INSERT/UPDATE operations, but it cannot safely be used for queries. If it is a unique index, the uniqueness property is also not true. |
indcheckxmin |
boolean |
If the value is true, queries must not use the index until the xmin of this row in pg_index is below their TransactionXmin event horizon, because the table may contain broken HOT chains with incompatible rows that they can see. |
indisready |
boolean |
If the value is true, this index is ready for inserts. If the value is false, this index is ignored when data is inserted or modified. |
indkey |
int2vector |
This is an array of indnatts values that indicate which table columns this index creates. For example, a value of 1 3 means that the first and the third columns make up the index key. 0 in this array indicates that the corresponding index attribute is an expression over the table columns, rather than a simple column reference. |
indcollation |
oidvector |
ID of each column used by the index |
indclass |
oidvector |
For each column in the index key, this column contains the OID of the operator class to use. For details, see PG_OPCLASS. |
indoption |
int2vector |
Array of values that store per-column flag bits. The meaning of the bits is defined by the index's access method. |
indexprs |
pg_node_tree |
Expression trees (in nodeToString() representation) for index attributes that are not simple column references. It is a list with one element for each zero entry in INDKEY. NULL if all index attributes are simple references. |
indpred |
pg_node_tree |
Expression tree (in nodeToString() representation) for partial index predicate. If the index is not a partial index, the value is null. |
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