pg_init_privs — PostgreSQL system catalog

The PostgreSQL pg_init_privs system catalog: full column reference (names, types, descriptions), catalog relationships and version support.

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Summary

The catalog pg_init_privs records information about the initial privileges of objects in the system. There is one entry for each object in the database which has a non-default (non-NULL) initial set of privileges.

(Description quoted from the official PostgreSQL documentation.)

Columns

The pg_init_privs system catalog exposes the following columns (names, types and descriptions are taken verbatim from the PostgreSQL documentation):

  • objoid oid references any OID column
    The OID of the specific object
  • classoid oid references pg_class.oid
    The OID of the system catalog the object is in
  • objsubid int4
    For a table column, this is the column number (the objoid and classoid refer to the table itself). For all other object types, this column is zero.
  • privtype char
    A code defining the type of initial privilege of this object; see text
  • initprivs aclitem[]
    The initial access privileges; see ddl_priv for details

Related catalogs

This object references the following other system catalogs:

Version applicability

Present in PostgreSQL 17, 18, 19 (verified against each release’s documentation). This is a long-standing system object that also exists in earlier PostgreSQL releases.

Related & references

Reference: PostgreSQL documentation — pg_init_privs.