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title: "pg_group"
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pg_version: "20devel"
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## 53.10. pg_group

The view pg_group exists for backwards compatibility: it emulates a catalog that existed in PostgreSQL before version 8.1. It shows the names and members of all roles that are marked as not `rolcanlogin`, which is an approximation to the set of roles that are being used as groups. 

**pg_group Columns**

| Column Type | Description | 
| --- | --- |
| `groname` `name` (references [pg_authid](catalog-pg-authid.md).`rolname`) | Name of the group |
| `grosysid` `oid` (references [pg_authid](catalog-pg-authid.md).`oid`) | ID of this group |
| `grolist` `oid[]` (references [pg_authid](catalog-pg-authid.md).`oid`) | An array containing the IDs of the roles in this group |