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   The view <code class="literal">foreign_tables</code> contains all foreign
   tables defined in the current database.  Only those foreign
   tables are shown that the current user has access to (by way of
   being the owner or having some privilege).
  </p><div class="table" id="id-1.7.6.35.3"><p class="title"><strong>Table 36.29. <code class="structname">foreign_tables</code> Columns</strong></p><div class="table-contents"><table class="table" summary="foreign_tables 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">foreign_table_catalog</code> <code class="type">sql_identifier</code>
      </p>
      <p>
       Name of the database that the foreign table is defined in (always the current database)
      </p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
       <code class="structfield">foreign_table_schema</code> <code class="type">sql_identifier</code>
      </p>
      <p>
       Name of the schema that contains the foreign table
      </p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
       <code class="structfield">foreign_table_name</code> <code class="type">sql_identifier</code>
      </p>
      <p>
       Name of the foreign table
      </p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
       <code class="structfield">foreign_server_catalog</code> <code class="type">sql_identifier</code>
      </p>
      <p>
       Name of the database that the foreign server is defined in (always the current database)
      </p></td></tr><tr><td class="catalog_table_entry"><p class="column_definition">
       <code class="structfield">foreign_server_name</code> <code class="type">sql_identifier</code>
      </p>
      <p>
       Name of the foreign server
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