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   The view <code class="structname">pg_policies</code> provides access to
   useful information about each row-level security policy in the database.
  </p><div class="table" id="id-1.10.4.77.4"><p class="title"><strong>Table 51.76. <code class="structname">pg_policies</code> Columns</strong></p><div class="table-contents"><table class="table" summary="pg_policies Columns" border="1"><colgroup><col /></colgroup><thead><tr><th class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
       Column Type
      </p>
      <p>
       Description
      </p></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
       <code class="structfield">schemaname</code> <code class="type">name</code>
       (references <a class="link" href="catalog-pg-namespace.html" title="51.32. pg_namespace"><code class="structname">pg_namespace</code></a>.<code class="structfield">nspname</code>)
      </p>
      <p>
       Name of schema containing table policy is on
      </p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
       <code class="structfield">tablename</code> <code class="type">name</code>
       (references <a class="link" href="catalog-pg-class.html" title="51.11. pg_class"><code class="structname">pg_class</code></a>.<code class="structfield">relname</code>)
      </p>
      <p>
       Name of table policy is on
      </p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
       <code class="structfield">policyname</code> <code class="type">name</code>
       (references <a class="link" href="catalog-pg-policy.html" title="51.37. pg_policy"><code class="structname">pg_policy</code></a>.<code class="structfield">polname</code>)
      </p>
      <p>
       Name of policy
      </p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
       <code class="structfield">permissive</code> <code class="type">text</code>
      </p>
      <p>
       Is the policy permissive or restrictive?
      </p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
       <code class="structfield">roles</code> <code class="type">name[]</code>
      </p>
      <p>
       The roles to which this policy applies
      </p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
       <code class="structfield">cmd</code> <code class="type">text</code>
      </p>
      <p>
       The command type to which the policy is applied
      </p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
       <code class="structfield">qual</code> <code class="type">text</code>
      </p>
      <p>
       The expression added to the security barrier qualifications for
       queries that this policy applies to
      </p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
       <code class="structfield">with_check</code> <code class="type">text</code>
      </p>
      <p>
       The expression added to the WITH CHECK qualifications for
       queries that attempt to add rows to this table
      </p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><br class="table-break" /></div><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional" class="navfooter"><hr></hr><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="view-pg-matviews.html" title="51.74. pg_matviews">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="catalogs.html" title="Chapter 51. System Catalogs">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="view-pg-prepared-statements.html" title="51.76. pg_prepared_statements">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">51.74. <code xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="structname">pg_matviews</code> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 13.1 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> 51.76. <code xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="structname">pg_prepared_statements</code></td></tr></table></div></body></html>