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The catalog pg_listener supports the LISTEN and NOTIFY commands. A listener creates an entry in pg_listener for each notification name it is listening for. A notifier scans pg_listener and updates each matching entry to show that a notification has occurred. The notifier also sends a signal (using the PID recorded in the table) to awaken the listener from sleep.
Table 44-24. pg_listener Columns
| Name | Type | Description |
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| relname | name | Notify condition name. (The name need not match any actual relation in the database; the name relname is historical.) |
| listenerpid | int4 | PID of the server process that created this entry |
| notification | int4 | Zero if no event is pending for this listener. If an event is pending, the PID of the server process that sent the notification |