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Only those tables and views are5   shown that the current user has access to (by way of being the6   owner or having some privilege).7  </p><div class="table" id="id-1.7.6.58.3"><p class="title"><strong>Table 37.52. <code class="structname">tables</code> Columns</strong></p><div class="table-contents"><table class="table" summary="tables Columns" border="1"><colgroup><col /></colgroup><thead><tr><th class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">8       Column Type9      </p>10      <p>11       Description12      </p></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">13       <code class="structfield">table_catalog</code> <code class="type">sql_identifier</code>14      </p>15      <p>16       Name of the database that contains the table (always the current database)17      </p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">18       <code class="structfield">table_schema</code> <code class="type">sql_identifier</code>19      </p>20      <p>21       Name of the schema that contains the table22      </p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">23       <code class="structfield">table_name</code> <code class="type">sql_identifier</code>24      </p>25      <p>26       Name of the table27      </p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">28       <code class="structfield">table_type</code> <code class="type">character_data</code>29      </p>30      <p>31       Type of the table: <code class="literal">BASE TABLE</code> for a32       persistent base table (the normal table type),33       <code class="literal">VIEW</code> for a view, <code class="literal">FOREIGN</code>34       for a foreign table, or35       <code class="literal">LOCAL TEMPORARY</code> for a temporary table36      </p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">37       <code class="structfield">self_referencing_column_name</code> <code class="type">sql_identifier</code>38      </p>39      <p>40       Applies to a feature not available in <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span>41      </p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">42       <code class="structfield">reference_generation</code> <code class="type">character_data</code>43      </p>44      <p>45       Applies to a feature not available in <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span>46      </p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">47       <code class="structfield">user_defined_type_catalog</code> <code class="type">sql_identifier</code>48      </p>49      <p>50       If the table is a typed table, the name of the database that51       contains the underlying data type (always the current52       database), else null.53      </p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">54       <code class="structfield">user_defined_type_schema</code> <code class="type">sql_identifier</code>55      </p>56      <p>57       If the table is a typed table, the name of the schema that58       contains the underlying data type, else null.59      </p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">60       <code class="structfield">user_defined_type_name</code> <code class="type">sql_identifier</code>61      </p>62      <p>63       If the table is a typed table, the name of the underlying data64       type, else null.65      </p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">66       <code class="structfield">is_insertable_into</code> <code class="type">yes_or_no</code>67      </p>68      <p>69       <code class="literal">YES</code> if the table is insertable into,70       <code class="literal">NO</code> if not (Base tables are always insertable71       into, views not necessarily.)72      </p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">73       <code class="structfield">is_typed</code> <code class="type">yes_or_no</code>74      </p>75      <p>76       <code class="literal">YES</code> if the table is a typed table, <code class="literal">NO</code> if not77      </p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">78       <code class="structfield">commit_action</code> <code class="type">character_data</code>79      </p>80      <p>81       Not yet implemented82      </p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><br class="table-break" /></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="infoschema-table-privileges.html" title="37.53. table_privileges">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="information-schema.html" title="Chapter 37. The Information Schema">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" 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