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pg_sequencesThe view pg_sequences provides access to useful information about each sequence in the database.
Table 53.24. pg_sequences Columns Column Type Description schemaname name (references pg_name…
pg_session_jwtManage authentication sessions using JWTs
pgrx
pg_session_jwt
Security
pg_session_statsRecords per-session and parallel-worker CPU, process status, and I/O data into an external SQLite database.
observability resource-usage session-statistics
pg_session_stats
Monitoring
pg_session_traceTrace session SQL, bind variables, execution plans, and timing metrics
bind-variables query-plan session-tracing
pg_session_trace
Monitoring
pg_sessionsTracks per-session SQL execution metrics and optional Linux process resource statistics in shared memory.
monitoring query-statistics session-history shared-preload
pg_sessions
Monitoring
pg_set_aclSET command access control list
access control list acl c postgresql postgresql-extension privilege set
pg_set_acl
Security
pg_set_leveltrigger action for SET statement
c info, log, notice, warning, error, fatal postgresql postgresql-extension set statement
pg_set_level
Administration
pg_setpriorityGet or change Unix scheduling priority for PostgreSQL processes
process-priority resource-control unix
pg_setpriority
Administration
pg_settingsThe view pg_settings provides access to run-time parameters of the server. It is essentially an alternative interface to the SHOW and SET commands. It also provides access to some facts abou…
pg_sexpAdds a compact S-expression type with parsing, list operations, matching, containment, and hash/GIN indexing.
data-type gin-index s-expression
pg_sexp
Data types
pg_sexp_rsPostgreSQL extension to add support for s-expressions store, query, index.
pg_sexp_rs
Data types
pg_shadowThe view pg_shadow exists for backwards compatibility: it emulates a catalog that existed in PostgreSQL before version 8.1. It shows properties of all roles that are marked as rolcanlogin in…
pg_shardShard and replicate PostgreSQL tables across remote servers
cluster distribution failover replication scale sharding
pg_shard
Analytics
pg_shardmanManages PostgreSQL 10 hash-sharded tables across nodes using pg_pathman, postgres_fdw, and logical replication.
logical-replication pg_pathman postgres_fdw sharding
pg_shardman
Analytics
pg_shared_plansProof-of-concept shared-memory execution-plan cache for PostgreSQL
plan-cache query-planning shared-memory
pg_shared_plans
Features
pg_shdependThe catalog pg_shdepend records the dependency relationships between database objects and shared objects, such as roles. This information allows PostgreSQL to ensure that those objects are u…
pg_shdescriptionThe catalog pg_shdescription stores optional descriptions (comments) for shared database objects. Descriptions can be manipulated with the COMMENT command and viewed with psql's \d commands.…
pg_sheet_fdwRead local Excel XLSX worksheets as PostgreSQL foreign tables
excel fdw xlsx
pg_sheet_fdw
Foreign data wrappers
pg_shmem_allocationsThe pg_shmem_allocations view shows allocations made from the server's main shared memory segment. This includes both memory allocated by PostgreSQL itself and memory allocated by extensions…
pg_shmem_allocations_numaThe pg_shmem_allocations_numa shows how shared memory allocations in the server's main shared memory segment are distributed across NUMA nodes. This includes both memory allocated by Postgre…
pg_shmemvizCapture shared-memory snapshots for offline structural visualization
shared-memory debugging visualization
pg_shmemviz
Monitoring
pg_show_plansshow query plans of all currently running SQL statements
pg_show_plans
Monitoring
pg_show_vmpg show vm displays the visibility map data for a specified relation, including its corresponding indexes and partitions.
pg_show_vm
Administration
pg_shseclabelThe catalog pg_shseclabel stores security labels on shared database objects. Security labels can be manipulated with the SECURITY LABEL command. For an easier way to view security labels, se…
pg_simdjsonPrototype SIMD-accelerated parser that converts JSON text to jsonb
json jsonb parser simd
pg_simdjson
Utilities
pg_similaritysupport similarity queries
pg_similarity
AI and vectors
pg_simulaInject WAIT, ERROR, FATAL, or PANIC failures into PostgreSQL operations
failure-injection testing
pg_simula
Features
pg_siose_benchA PostgreSQL extension for benchmarking different SIOSE database configurations (pure relational, with indexes, json, jsonb, xml, etc))
pg_siose_bench
Features
pg_sipEarly-stage SIP extension exposing only a library version helper
protocol sip
pg_sip
Utilities
pg_sirenValidated French SIREN and SIRET identifier types with B-tree and hash index support.
pg_siren
Data types
pg_slug_genGenerate cryptographically secure timestamp-based slugs
pg_slug_gen
Functions and aggregates
pg_slugifyNormalize text into URL-friendly slugs with unaccent
slug text-normalization unaccent
pg_slugify
Functions and aggregates
pg_smazSmaz-compressed text type with length and raw-byte accessors.
pg_smaz
Data types
pg_smolidA Postgres pgrx extension adding smolid type and helper functions.
btree hash identifier pgrx
pg_smolid
Data types
pg_smtp_clientPostgreSQL extension to send email using SMTP
pgrx
pg_smtp_client
Utilities
pg_snakeoilThe PostgreSQL Antivirus
pg_snakeoil
Security
pg_snapshotuser-level transaction ID snapshot
pg_snowflake_idSnowflake-style 64-bit ID generator for PostgreSQL implemented with pgrx
id-generator pgrx snowflake
pg_snowflake_id
Functions and aggregates
pg_snowidGenerate thread-safe, time-sorted Snowflake-like IDs in PostgreSQL
pgrx
pg_snowid
Functions and aggregates
pg_sorted_heapSorted heap table AM with zone map scan pruning and built-in vector search
pg_sorted_heap
Analytics
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