pg_proc

The pg_proc system catalog table stores information about functions (or procedures), both built-in functions and those defined by CREATE FUNCTION. The table contains data for aggregate and window functions as well as plain functions. If proisagg is true, there should be a matching row in pg_aggregate. If proiswin is true, there should be a matching row in pg_window.

For compiled functions, both built-in and dynamically loaded, prosrc contains the function's C-language name (link symbol). For all other currently-known language types, prosrc contains the function's source text. probin is unused except for dynamically-loaded C functions, for which it gives the name of the shared library file containing the function.

column	type	references	description
proname	name		Name of the function.
pronamespace	oid	pg_namespace.oid	The OID of the namespace that contains this function.
proowner	oid	pg_authid.oid	Owner of the function.
prolang	oid	pg_language.oid	Implementation language or call interface of this function.
procost	float4		Estimated execution cost (in cpu_operator_cost units); if proretset is true, identifies the cost per row returned.
prorows	float4		Estimated number of result rows (zero if not proretset)
provariadic	oid	pg_type.oid	Data type of the variadic array parameter's elements, or zero if the function does not have a variadic parameter.
proisagg	boolean		Function is an aggregate function.
prosecdef	boolean		Function is a security definer (for example, a 'setuid' function).
proisstrict	boolean		Function returns NULL if any call argument is NULL. In that case the function will not actually be called at all. Functions that are not strict must be prepared to handle NULL inputs.
proretset	boolean		Function returns a set (multiple values of the specified data type).
provolatile	char		Tells whether the function's result depends only on its input arguments, or is affected by outside factors. i = immutable (always delivers the same result for the same inputs), s = stable (results (for fixed inputs) do not change within a scan), or v = volatile (results may change at any time or functions with side-effects).
pronargs	int2		Number of arguments.
pronargdefaults	int2		Number of arguments that have default values.
prorettype	oid	pg_type.oid	Data type of the return value.
proiswin	boolean		Function is neither an aggregate nor a scalar function, but a pure window function.
proargtypes	oidvector	pg_type.oid	An array with the data types of the function arguments. This includes only input arguments (including INOUT and VARIADIC arguments), and thus represents the call signature of the function.
proallargtypes	oid[]	pg_type.oid	An array with the data types of the function arguments. This includes all arguments (including OUT and INOUT arguments); however, if all the arguments are IN arguments, this field will be null. Note that subscripting is 1-based, whereas for historical reasons proargtypes is subscripted from 0.
proargmodes	char[]		An array with the modes of the function arguments: i = IN, o = OUT , b = INOUT, v = VARIADIC. If all the arguments are IN arguments, this field will be null. Note that subscripts correspond to positions of proallargtypes not proargtypes.
proargnames	text[]		An array with the names of the function arguments. Arguments without a name are set to empty strings in the array. If none of the arguments have a name, this field will be null. Note that subscripts correspond to positions of proallargtypes not proargtypes.
proargdefaults	text		Expression trees for default argument values. This is a list with pronargdefaults elements, corresponding to the last N input arguments (i.e., the last N proargtypes positions). If none of the arguments have defaults, this field is empty.
prosrc	text		This tells the function handler how to invoke the function. It might be the actual source code of the function for interpreted languages, a link symbol, a file name, or just about anything else, depending on the implementation language/call convention.
probin	bytea		Additional information about how to invoke the function. Again, the interpretation is language-specific.
proacl	aclitem[]		Access privileges for the function as given by GRANT/REVOKE.

Parent topic: System Catalogs Definitions