gp_id

The gp_id system catalog table identifies the LightDB-A Database system name and number of segments for the system. It also has local values for the particular database instance (segment or coordinator) on which the table resides. This table is defined in the pg_global tablespace, meaning it is globally shared across all databases in the system.

column type references description
gpname name   The name of this LightDB-A Database system.
numsegments integer   The number of segments in the LightDB-A Database system.
dbid integer   The unique identifier of this segment (or coordinator) instance.
content integer   The ID for the portion of data on this segment instance. A primary and its mirror will have the same content ID.

For a segment the value is from 0-N-1, where N is the number of segments in LightDB-A Database.

For the coordinator, the value is -1.

Parent topic: System Catalogs Definitions