pg_policy

A system table storing row level security policies

pg_policy is a system catalogue table storing row level security (RLS) policies for tables.

pg_policy was added in PostgreSQL 9.5.

Definition by PostgreSQL version

pg_policy (PostgreSQL 15)

                 Table "pg_catalog.pg_policy"
    Column     |     Type     | Collation | Nullable | Default 
---------------+--------------+-----------+----------+---------
 oid           | oid          |           | not null | 
 polname       | name         |           | not null | 
 polrelid      | oid          |           | not null | 
 polcmd        | "char"       |           | not null | 
 polpermissive | boolean      |           | not null | 
 polroles      | oid[]        |           | not null | 
 polqual       | pg_node_tree | C         |          | 
 polwithcheck  | pg_node_tree | C         |          | 
Indexes:
    "pg_policy_oid_index" PRIMARY KEY, btree (oid)
    "pg_policy_polrelid_polname_index" UNIQUE CONSTRAINT, btree (polrelid, polname)

Documentation: pg_policy

pg_policy (PostgreSQL 14)

                 Table "pg_catalog.pg_policy"
    Column     |     Type     | Collation | Nullable | Default 
---------------+--------------+-----------+----------+---------
 oid           | oid          |           | not null | 
 polname       | name         |           | not null | 
 polrelid      | oid          |           | not null | 
 polcmd        | "char"       |           | not null | 
 polpermissive | boolean      |           | not null | 
 polroles      | oid[]        |           | not null | 
 polqual       | pg_node_tree | C         |          | 
 polwithcheck  | pg_node_tree | C         |          | 
Indexes:
    "pg_policy_oid_index" PRIMARY KEY, btree (oid)
    "pg_policy_polrelid_polname_index" UNIQUE CONSTRAINT, btree (polrelid, polname)

Documentation: pg_policy

pg_policy (PostgreSQL 13)

                 Table "pg_catalog.pg_policy"
    Column     |     Type     | Collation | Nullable | Default 
---------------+--------------+-----------+----------+---------
 oid           | oid          |           | not null | 
 polname       | name         |           | not null | 
 polrelid      | oid          |           | not null | 
 polcmd        | "char"       |           | not null | 
 polpermissive | boolean      |           | not null | 
 polroles      | oid[]        |           | not null | 
 polqual       | pg_node_tree | C         |          | 
 polwithcheck  | pg_node_tree | C         |          | 
Indexes:
    "pg_policy_oid_index" UNIQUE, btree (oid)
    "pg_policy_polrelid_polname_index" UNIQUE, btree (polrelid, polname)

Documentation: pg_policy

pg_policy (PostgreSQL 12)

                 Table "pg_catalog.pg_policy"
    Column     |     Type     | Collation | Nullable | Default 
---------------+--------------+-----------+----------+---------
 oid           | oid          |           | not null | 
 polname       | name         |           | not null | 
 polrelid      | oid          |           | not null | 
 polcmd        | "char"       |           | not null | 
 polpermissive | boolean      |           | not null | 
 polroles      | oid[]        |           | not null | 
 polqual       | pg_node_tree | C         |          | 
 polwithcheck  | pg_node_tree | C         |          | 
Indexes:
    "pg_policy_oid_index" UNIQUE, btree (oid)
    "pg_policy_polrelid_polname_index" UNIQUE, btree (polrelid, polname)

Documentation: pg_policy

pg_policy (PostgreSQL 11)

                 Table "pg_catalog.pg_policy"
    Column     |     Type     | Collation | Nullable | Default 
---------------+--------------+-----------+----------+---------
 polname       | name         |           | not null | 
 polrelid      | oid          |           | not null | 
 polcmd        | "char"       |           | not null | 
 polpermissive | boolean      |           | not null | 
 polroles      | oid[]        |           |          | 
 polqual       | pg_node_tree |           |          | 
 polwithcheck  | pg_node_tree |           |          | 
Indexes:
    "pg_policy_oid_index" UNIQUE, btree (oid)
    "pg_policy_polrelid_polname_index" UNIQUE, btree (polrelid, polname)

Documentation: pg_policy

pg_policy (PostgreSQL 10)

                 Table "pg_catalog.pg_policy"
    Column     |     Type     | Collation | Nullable | Default 
---------------+--------------+-----------+----------+---------
 polname       | name         |           | not null | 
 polrelid      | oid          |           | not null | 
 polcmd        | "char"       |           | not null | 
 polpermissive | boolean      |           | not null | 
 polroles      | oid[]        |           |          | 
 polqual       | pg_node_tree |           |          | 
 polwithcheck  | pg_node_tree |           |          | 
Indexes:
    "pg_policy_oid_index" UNIQUE, btree (oid)
    "pg_policy_polrelid_polname_index" UNIQUE, btree (polrelid, polname)

Documentation: pg_policy

pg_policy (PostgreSQL 9.6)

      Table "pg_catalog.pg_policy"
    Column    |     Type     | Modifiers 
--------------+--------------+-----------
 polname      | name         | not null
 polrelid     | oid          | not null
 polcmd       | "char"       | not null
 polroles     | oid[]        | 
 polqual      | pg_node_tree | 
 polwithcheck | pg_node_tree | 
Indexes:
    "pg_policy_oid_index" UNIQUE, btree (oid)
    "pg_policy_polrelid_polname_index" UNIQUE, btree (polrelid, polname)

Documentation: pg_policy

pg_policy (PostgreSQL 9.5)

      Table "pg_catalog.pg_policy"
    Column    |     Type     | Modifiers 
--------------+--------------+-----------
 polname      | name         | not null
 polrelid     | oid          | not null
 polcmd       | "char"       | not null
 polroles     | oid[]        | 
 polqual      | pg_node_tree | 
 polwithcheck | pg_node_tree | 
Indexes:
    "pg_policy_oid_index" UNIQUE, btree (oid)
    "pg_policy_polrelid_polname_index" UNIQUE, btree (polrelid, polname)

Documentation: pg_policy

Change history

PostgreSQL 10
- column polpermissive added (commit 093129c9)
PostgreSQL 9.5
- added (initial commit 491c029d; note it was originally named pg_rowsecurity but changed to pg_policy in commit 143b39c1)

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pg_policy

Definition by PostgreSQL version

pg_policy (PostgreSQL 15)

pg_policy (PostgreSQL 14)

pg_policy (PostgreSQL 13)

pg_policy (PostgreSQL 12)

pg_policy (PostgreSQL 11)

pg_policy (PostgreSQL 10)

pg_policy (PostgreSQL 9.6)

pg_policy (PostgreSQL 9.5)

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