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PG_AMOP

PG_AMOP records information about operators associated with access method operator families. There is one row for each operator that is a member of an operator family. A family member can be either a search operator or an ordering operator. An operator can appear in more than one family, but cannot appear in more than one search position nor more than one ordering position within a family.

Table 1 PG_AMOP columns

Name

Type

Reference

Description

oid

oid

-

Row identifier (hidden attribute, which must be specified)

amopfamily

oid

PG_OPFAMILY.oid

Operator family of this entry

amoplefttype

oid

PG_TYPE.oid

Left-hand input data type of the operator For details about the possible values and their description, see pg_type.h.

amoprighttype

oid

PG_TYPE.oid

Right-hand input data type of the operator For details about the possible values and their description, see pg_type.h.

amopstrategy

smallint

-

Number of operator strategies

amoppurpose

"char"

-

Operator purpose, either s for search or o for ordering

amopopr

oid

PG_OPERATOR.oid

OID of the operator

amopmethod

oid

PG_AM.oid

Operator family of the index access method

amopsortfamily

oid

PG_OPFAMILY.oid

The B-tree operator family according to which this entry sorts for an ordering operator (0 for a search operator)

A search operator entry indicates that an index of this operator family can be searched to find all rows satisfying WHERE indexed_column operator constant. Obviously, such an operator must return a Boolean value, and its left-hand input type must match the index's column data type.

An ordering operator entry indicates that an index of this operator family can be scanned to return rows in the order represented by ORDER BY indexed_column operator constant. Such an operator could return any sortable data type, though again its left-hand input type must match the index's column data type. The exact semantics of ORDER BY are specified by the amopsortfamily column, which must reference the B-tree operator family for the operator's result type.

Parent topic: System Catalogs