SYSTEM CATALOG · System catalog

pg_publication

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The catalog pg_publication contains all publications created in the database. For more on publications see Section 29.1.

First seen PG 10Last seen PG 19Columns 10

9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19^β3

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

Columns PostgreSQL 18

pg_publication

COLUMN	TYPE	DESCRIPTION
`oid`	`oid`NOT NULL	Row identifier
`pubname`	`name`NOT NULL	Name of the publication
`pubowner`	`oid`NOT NULL	Owner of the publicationReferences:`pg_authid.oid`
`puballtables`	`boolean`NOT NULLDocumented as:`bool`	If true, this publication automatically includes all tables in the database, including any that will be created in the future.
`pubinsert`	`boolean`NOT NULLDocumented as:`bool`	If true, INSERT operations are replicated for tables in the publication.
`pubupdate`	`boolean`NOT NULLDocumented as:`bool`	If true, UPDATE operations are replicated for tables in the publication.
`pubdelete`	`boolean`NOT NULLDocumented as:`bool`	If true, DELETE operations are replicated for tables in the publication.
`pubtruncate`	`boolean`NOT NULLDocumented as:`bool`	If true, TRUNCATE operations are replicated for tables in the publication.
`pubviaroot`	`boolean`NOT NULLDocumented as:`bool`	If true, operations on a leaf partition are replicated using the identity and schema of its topmost partitioned ancestor mentioned in the publication instead of its own.
`pubgencols`	`"char"`NOT NULLDocumented as:`char`	Controls how to handle generated column replication when there is no publication column list: n = generated columns in the tables associated with the publication should not be replicated, s = stored generated columns in the tables associated with the publication should be replicated.

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.

Columns	Type	attnum
`tableoid`	`oid`	-6
`cmax`	`cid`	-5
`xmax`	`xid`	-4
`cmin`	`cid`	-3
`xmin`	`xid`	-2
`ctid`	`tid`	-1

Column evolution matrix

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PresentAdded / type or attribute changeRemoved

COLUMN	9.0	9.1	9.2	9.3	9.4	9.5	9.6	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
`oid`	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
`pubname`	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
`pubowner`	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
`puballtables`	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
`pubinsert`	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
`pubupdate`	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
`pubdelete`	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
`pubtruncate`	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
`pubviaroot`	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
`pubgencols`	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
`puballsequences`	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

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.

Evolution timeline

Changes between adjacent majors

PostgreSQL 19 ← 18

+ puballsequences

PostgreSQL 18 ← 17

+ pubgencols

PostgreSQL 17 ← 16

Catalog description updated

PostgreSQL 14 ← 13

Catalog description updated

PostgreSQL 13 ← 12

+ pubviaroot

PostgreSQL 12 ← 11

~ oid: implicit → ordinary1 column description updatesCatalog description updated

PostgreSQL 11 ← 10

+ pubtruncate

PostgreSQL 10 ← 9.6Catalog added

+ oid+ pubname+ pubowner+ puballtables+ pubinsert+ pubupdate+ pubdelete

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