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3 The view <code class="structname">pg_indexes</code> provides access to
4 useful information about each index in the database.
5 </p><div class="table" id="id-1.10.5.16.4"><p class="title"><strong>Table 53.12. <code class="structname">pg_indexes</code> Columns</strong></p><div class="table-contents"><table class="table" summary="pg_indexes Columns" border="1"><colgroup><col /></colgroup><thead><tr><th class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
10 </p></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
11 <code class="structfield">schemaname</code> <code class="type">name</code>
12 (references <a class="link" href="catalog-pg-namespace.html" title="52.32. pg_namespace"><code class="structname">pg_namespace</code></a>.<code class="structfield">nspname</code>)
15 Name of schema containing table and index
16 </p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
17 <code class="structfield">tablename</code> <code class="type">name</code>
18 (references <a class="link" href="catalog-pg-class.html" title="52.11. pg_class"><code class="structname">pg_class</code></a>.<code class="structfield">relname</code>)
21 Name of table the index is for
22 </p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
23 <code class="structfield">indexname</code> <code class="type">name</code>
24 (references <a class="link" href="catalog-pg-class.html" title="52.11. pg_class"><code class="structname">pg_class</code></a>.<code class="structfield">relname</code>)
28 </p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
29 <code class="structfield">tablespace</code> <code class="type">name</code>
30 (references <a class="link" href="catalog-pg-tablespace.html" title="52.56. pg_tablespace"><code class="structname">pg_tablespace</code></a>.<code class="structfield">spcname</code>)
33 Name of tablespace containing index (null if default for database)
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35 <code class="structfield">indexdef</code> <code class="type">text</code>
38 Index definition (a reconstructed <a class="xref" href="sql-createindex.html" title="CREATE INDEX"><span class="refentrytitle">CREATE INDEX</span></a>
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