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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>2<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>53.35. pg_opfamily</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="stylesheet.css" /><link rev="made" href="pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org" /><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets Vsnapshot" /><link rel="prev" href="catalog-pg-operator.html" title="53.34. pg_operator" /><link rel="next" href="catalog-pg-parameter-acl.html" title="53.36. pg_parameter_acl" /></head><body id="docContent" class="container-fluid col-10"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="5" align="center">53.35. <code class="structname">pg_opfamily</code></th></tr><tr><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="catalog-pg-operator.html" title="53.34. pg_operator">Prev</a> </td><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="u" href="catalogs.html" title="Chapter 53. System Catalogs">Up</a></td><th width="60%" align="center">Chapter 53. System Catalogs</th><td width="10%" align="right"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 16.3 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="10%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="catalog-pg-parameter-acl.html" title="53.36. pg_parameter_acl">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr /></div><div class="sect1" id="CATALOG-PG-OPFAMILY"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both">53.35. <code class="structname">pg_opfamily</code> <a href="#CATALOG-PG-OPFAMILY" class="id_link">#</a></h2></div></div></div><a id="id-1.10.4.37.2" class="indexterm"></a><p>3   The catalog <code class="structname">pg_opfamily</code> defines operator families.4   Each operator family is a collection of operators and associated5   support routines that implement the semantics specified for a particular6   index access method.  Furthermore, the operators in a family are all7   <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">compatible</span>”</span>, in a way that is specified by the access method.8   The operator family concept allows cross-data-type operators to be used9   with indexes and to be reasoned about using knowledge of access method10   semantics.11  </p><p>12   Operator families are described at length in <a class="xref" href="xindex.html" title="38.16. Interfacing Extensions to Indexes">Section 38.16</a>.13  </p><div class="table" id="id-1.10.4.37.5"><p class="title"><strong>Table 53.35. <code class="structname">pg_opfamily</code> Columns</strong></p><div class="table-contents"><table class="table" summary="pg_opfamily Columns" border="1"><colgroup><col /></colgroup><thead><tr><th class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">14       Column Type15      </p>16      <p>17       Description18      </p></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">19       <code class="structfield">oid</code> <code class="type">oid</code>20      </p>21      <p>22       Row identifier23      </p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">24       <code class="structfield">opfmethod</code> <code class="type">oid</code>25       (references <a class="link" href="catalog-pg-am.html" title="53.3. pg_am"><code class="structname">pg_am</code></a>.<code class="structfield">oid</code>)26      </p>27      <p>28       Index access method operator family is for29      </p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">30       <code class="structfield">opfname</code> <code class="type">name</code>31      </p>32      <p>33       Name of this operator family34      </p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">35       <code class="structfield">opfnamespace</code> <code class="type">oid</code>36       (references <a class="link" href="catalog-pg-namespace.html" title="53.32. pg_namespace"><code class="structname">pg_namespace</code></a>.<code class="structfield">oid</code>)37      </p>38      <p>39       Namespace of this operator family40      </p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">41       <code class="structfield">opfowner</code> <code class="type">oid</code>42       (references <a class="link" href="catalog-pg-authid.html" title="53.8. pg_authid"><code class="structname">pg_authid</code></a>.<code class="structfield">oid</code>)43      </p>44      <p>45       Owner of the operator family46      </p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><br class="table-break" /><p>47   The majority of the information defining an operator family is not in its48   <code class="structname">pg_opfamily</code> row, but in the associated rows in49   <a class="link" href="catalog-pg-amop.html" title="53.4. pg_amop"><code class="structname">pg_amop</code></a>,50   <a class="link" href="catalog-pg-amproc.html" title="53.5. pg_amproc"><code class="structname">pg_amproc</code></a>,51   and52   <a class="link" href="catalog-pg-opclass.html" title="53.33. pg_opclass"><code class="structname">pg_opclass</code></a>.53  </p></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="catalog-pg-operator.html" title="53.34. pg_operator">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="catalogs.html" title="Chapter 53. System Catalogs">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="catalog-pg-parameter-acl.html" title="53.36. pg_parameter_acl">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">53.34. <code class="structname">pg_operator</code> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 16.3 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> 53.36. <code class="structname">pg_parameter_acl</code></td></tr></table></div></body></html>