pg_shseclabel — PostgreSQL system catalog

Summary

The 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, see pg_seclabels.

(Description quoted from the official PostgreSQL documentation.)

Columns

The pg_shseclabel 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 object this security label pertains to
• classoid oid references pg_class.oid
  The OID of the system catalog this object appears in
• provider text
  The label provider associated with this label.
• label text
  The security label applied to this object.

Related catalogs

This object references the following other system catalogs:

• classoid → pg_class

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

• PostgreSQL system catalog & view index
• Built-in function reference

Reference: PostgreSQL documentation — pg_shseclabel.