Historical version. PostgreSQL 7.2 has reached end of support. See the current manual.
3.3. pg_attrdef
This catalog stores column default values. The main information about columns is stored in pg_attribute (see below). Only columns that explicitly specify a default value (when the table is created or the column is added) will have an entry here.
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