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pg_shseclabel

The catalog pg_shseclabel stores security labels on shared database objects. Security labels can be manipulated with the SECURITY LABEL command. For an easier way to view security labels, see Section 53.23. See also pg_seclabel, which performs a similar function for security labels involving objects within a single database. Unlike most system catalogs, pg_shseclabel is shared across all databases of a cluster: there is only one copy of pg_shseclabel per cluster, not one per database.

First seen PG 9.2Last seen PG 19Columns 4

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

Columns PostgreSQL 18

pg_shseclabel
COLUMNTYPEDESCRIPTION
objoid oidNOT NULL The OID of the object this security label pertains toReferences:any OID column
classoid oidNOT NULL The OID of the system catalog this object appears inReferences:pg_class.oid
provider textNOT NULL The label provider associated with this label.
label textNOT NULL The security label applied to this object.

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
objoid
classoid
provider
label

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

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PostgreSQL 18 ← 17

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PostgreSQL 17 ← 16

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PostgreSQL 15 ← 14

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PostgreSQL 14 ← 13

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PostgreSQL 13 ← 12

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PostgreSQL 12 ← 11

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PostgreSQL 11 ← 10

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PostgreSQL 10 ← 9.6

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PostgreSQL 9.6 ← 9.5

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PostgreSQL 9.5 ← 9.4

~ label: not_null: false → true~ provider: not_null: false → trueCatalog description updated

PostgreSQL 9.4 ← 9.3

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PostgreSQL 9.3 ← 9.2

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PostgreSQL 9.2 ← 9.1Catalog added

+ objoid+ classoid+ provider+ label

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