This page provides information about late-binding views in the database.
I provide no information about the columns in a view because the
function which provides this information,
pg_catalog.pg_get_late_binding_view_cols(), returns rows
only for valid late-binding views and so validates views, and in doing
so, turns out to have fatal performance problems (for that, read
“freezes up”) when the number and complexity of views becomes high
enough.
Also, anyway, the function ignores syslog unrestricted
and the new Redshift-style privilege
access system table, and so users can see only their own
rows, or, if they are superuser, all rows, so although I can see all
late-binding views in pg_class, if I’m not admin (and the
user I use is not) then I can only see rows for my own late-binding
views anyway, and the user I use had none :-)
Note the creation and age columns which are found for tables are missing, as Redshift does not store the creation time for a view.
| Name | Type |
|---|---|
| schema_id | int8 |
| schema | varchar |
| view_id | int8 |
| view | varchar |
| owner_user_id | int4 |
| owner | varchar |
| length | int4 |
| related pages | varchar |
The schema ID. This column is emitted in CSV exports only.
The schema ID. This column is emitted in CSV exports only.
The view ID. This column is emitted in CSV exports only.
Surprisingly, view IDs turn out to be unique across all databases.
The view name.
The owner user ID. This column is emitted in CSV exports only.
The owner user name.
The length of the view text, in bytes.