43.25. pg_operator

The catalog pg_operator stores information about operators. See CREATE OPERATOR and Section 33.12 for more information.

Table 43-25. pg_operator Columns

Name Type References Description
oprname name   Name of the operator
oprnamespace oid pg_namespace .oid The OID of the namespace that contains this operator
oprowner oid pg_authid .oid Owner of the operator
oprkind char   b = infix ( "both" ), l = prefix ( "left" ), r = postfix ( "right" )
oprcanhash bool   This operator supports hash joins
oprleft oid pg_type .oid Type of the left operand
oprright oid pg_type .oid Type of the right operand
oprresult oid pg_type .oid Type of the result
oprcom oid pg_operator .oid Commutator of this operator, if any
oprnegate oid pg_operator .oid Negator of this operator, if any
oprlsortop oid pg_operator .oid If this operator supports merge joins, the operator that sorts the type of the left-hand operand ( L<L )
oprrsortop oid pg_operator .oid If this operator supports merge joins, the operator that sorts the type of the right-hand operand ( R<R )
oprltcmpop oid pg_operator .oid If this operator supports merge joins, the less-than operator that compares the left and right operand types ( L<R )
oprgtcmpop oid pg_operator .oid If this operator supports merge joins, the greater-than operator that compares the left and right operand types ( L>R )
oprcode regproc pg_proc .oid Function that implements this operator
oprrest regproc pg_proc .oid Restriction selectivity estimation function for this operator
oprjoin regproc pg_proc .oid Join selectivity estimation function for this operator

Unused column contain zeroes. For example, oprleft is zero for a prefix operator.