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pg_db_role_setting

The catalog pg_db_role_setting records the default values that have been set for run-time configuration variables, for each role and database combination. Unlike most system catalogs, pg_db_role_setting is shared across all databases of a cluster: there is only one copy of pg_db_role_setting per cluster, not one per database.

First seen PG 9.0Last seen PG 19Columns 3

Checked column by column against a PostgreSQL 18.6 instance · Raw measurement record ↗

Columns PostgreSQL 18

pg_db_role_setting
COLUMNTYPEDESCRIPTION
setdatabase oidNOT NULL The OID of the database the setting is applicable to, or zero if not database-specificReferences:pg_database.oid
setrole oidNOT NULL The OID of the role the setting is applicable to, or zero if not role-specificReferences:pg_authid.oid
setconfig text[] Defaults for run-time configuration variables

Columns marked "implicit" are not included in SELECT *; some early statistics views are completed from same-version source, and the extra provenance is shown in the column description.

Common system columns 6

System attributes PostgreSQL provides, normally not expanded by SELECT *. Kept separately so they are not mixed in with ordinary columns.

ColumnsTypeattnum
tableoidoid-6
cmaxcid-5
xmaxxid-4
cmincid-3
xminxid-2
ctidtid-1

Column evolution matrix

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PresentAdded / type or attribute changeRemoved
COLUMN9.09.19.29.39.49.59.610111213141516171819
setdatabase
setrole
setconfig

9.0 is the coverage baseline; a column already present in the baseline is not marked as added. The matrix aligns columns by name, so a rename appears as the old column removed and a new column added.

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