</row>

     <row>
      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
       <structfield>data_type</structfield> <type>character_data</type>
      </para>
      <para>
       The data type of the sequence.
      </para></entry>
     </row>

     <row>
      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
       <structfield>numeric_precision</structfield> <type>cardinal_number</type>
      </para>
      <para>
       This column contains the (declared or implicit) precision of
       the sequence data type (see above).  The precision indicates
       the number of significant digits.  It can be expressed in
       decimal (base 10) or binary (base 2) terms, as specified in the
       column <literal>numeric_precision_radix</literal>.
      </para></entry>
     </row>

     <row>
      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
       <structfield>numeric_precision_radix</structfield> <type>cardinal_number</type>
      </para>
      <para>
       This column indicates in which base the values in the columns
       <literal>numeric_precision</literal> and
       <literal>numeric_scale</literal> are expressed.  The value is
       either 2 or 10.
      </para></entry>
     </row>

     <row>
      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
       <structfield>numeric_scale</structfield> <type>cardinal_number</type>
      </para>
      <para>
       This column contains the (declared or implicit) scale of the
       sequence data type (see above).  The scale indicates the number
       of significant digits to the right of the decimal point.  It
       can be expressed in decimal (base 10) or binary (base 2) terms,
       as specified in the column
       <literal>numeric_precision_radix</literal>.
      </para></entry>
     </row>

     <row>
      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
       <structfield>start_value</structfield> <type>character_data</type>
      </para>
      <para>
       The start value of the sequence
      </para></entry>
     </row>

     <row>
      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
       <structfield>minimum_value</structfield> <type>character_data</type>
      </para>
      <para>
       The minimum value of the sequence
      </para></entry>
     </row>

     <row>
      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
       <structfield>maximum_value</structfield> <type>character_data</type>
      </para>
      <para>
       The maximum value of the sequence
      </para></entry>
     </row>

     <row>
      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
       <structfield>increment</structfield> <type>character_data</type>
      </para>
      <para>
       The increment of the sequence
      </para></entry>
     </row>

     <row>
      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
       <structfield>cycle_option</structfield> <type>yes_or_no</type>
      </para>
      <para>
       <literal>YES</literal> if the sequence cycles, else <literal>NO</literal>
      </para></entry>
     </row>
    </tbody>
   </tgroup>
  </table>

  <para>
   Note that in accordance with the SQL standard, the start, minimum,
   maximum, and increment values are returned as character strings.
  </para>
 </sect1>

 <sect1 id="infoschema-sql-features">
  <title><literal>sql_features</literal></title>

  <para>
   The table <literal>sql_features</literal> contains information
   about which formal features defined in the SQL standard are
   supported by <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>.  This is the
   same information that is presented in <xref linkend="features"/>.
   There you can also find some additional background information.
  </para>

  <table>
   <title><structname>sql_features</structname> Columns</title>
   <tgroup cols="1">
    <thead>
     <row>
      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">