PG_OPFAMILY

PG_OPFAMILY defines operator families.

Each operator family is a collection of operators and associated support routines that implement the semantics specified for a particular index access method. Furthermore, the operators in a family are all "compatible", in a way that is specified by the access method. The operator family concept allows cross-data-type operators to be used with indexes and to be reasoned about using knowledge of access method semantics.

**Table 1** PG_OPFAMILY columns
Name	Type	Reference	Description
oid	oid	-	Row identifier (hidden attribute; must be explicitly selected)
opfmethod	oid	PG_AM.oid	Index access method the operator family is for
opfname	name	-	Name of the operator family
opfnamespace	oid	PG_NAMESPACE.oid	Namespace of the operator family
opfowner	oid	PG_AUTHID.oid	Owner of the operator family