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3 The catalog <code class="structname">pg_rewrite</code> stores rewrite rules for tables and views.
4 </p><div class="table" id="id-1.10.4.47.4"><p class="title"><strong>Table 52.45. <code class="structname">pg_rewrite</code> Columns</strong></p><div class="table-contents"><table class="table" summary="pg_rewrite Columns" border="1"><colgroup><col /></colgroup><thead><tr><th class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
9 </p></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
10 <code class="structfield">oid</code> <code class="type">oid</code>
14 </p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
15 <code class="structfield">rulename</code> <code class="type">name</code>
19 </p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
20 <code class="structfield">ev_class</code> <code class="type">oid</code>
21 (references <a class="link" href="catalog-pg-class.html" title="52.11. pg_class"><code class="structname">pg_class</code></a>.<code class="structfield">oid</code>)
24 The table this rule is for
25 </p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
26 <code class="structfield">ev_type</code> <code class="type">char</code>
29 Event type that the rule is for: 1 = <a class="xref" href="sql-select.html" title="SELECT"><span class="refentrytitle">SELECT</span></a>, 2 =
30 <a class="xref" href="sql-update.html" title="UPDATE"><span class="refentrytitle">UPDATE</span></a>, 3 = <a class="xref" href="sql-insert.html" title="INSERT"><span class="refentrytitle">INSERT</span></a>, 4 =
31 <a class="xref" href="sql-delete.html" title="DELETE"><span class="refentrytitle">DELETE</span></a>
32 </p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
33 <code class="structfield">ev_enabled</code> <code class="type">char</code>
36 Controls in which <a class="xref" href="runtime-config-client.html#GUC-SESSION-REPLICATION-ROLE">session_replication_role</a> modes
38 <code class="literal">O</code> = rule fires in <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">origin</span>”</span> and <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">local</span>”</span> modes,
39 <code class="literal">D</code> = rule is disabled,
40 <code class="literal">R</code> = rule fires in <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">replica</span>”</span> mode,
41 <code class="literal">A</code> = rule fires always.
42 </p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
43 <code class="structfield">is_instead</code> <code class="type">bool</code>
46 True if the rule is an <code class="literal">INSTEAD</code> rule
47 </p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
48 <code class="structfield">ev_qual</code> <code class="type">pg_node_tree</code>
51 Expression tree (in the form of a
52 <code class="function">nodeToString()</code> representation) for the
53 rule's qualifying condition
54 </p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
55 <code class="structfield">ev_action</code> <code class="type">pg_node_tree</code>
58 Query tree (in the form of a
59 <code class="function">nodeToString()</code> representation) for the
61 </p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><br class="table-break" /><div class="note"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p>
62 <code class="literal">pg_class.relhasrules</code>
63 must be true if a table has any rules in this catalog.
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