And a doc patch to go with it:
--
Andrew (irc:RhodiumToad)
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml
index 0689cc9..3e13e38 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml
@@ -577,6 +577,89 @@
</tgroup>
</table>
+ <para>
+ Capability information formerly stored in <structname>pg_am</structname>
+ is now available via the functions
+ <function>pg_indexam_has_capability</function> and
+ <function>pg_index_has_capability</function>
+ (see <xref linkend="functions-info-catalog-table">). The following
+ boolean-valued capability names are currently supported:
+ </para>
+
+ <table>
+ <title>Capabilities</title>
+
+ <tgroup cols="2">
+ <thead>
+ <row>
+ <entry>Name</entry>
+ <entry>Description</entry>
+ </row>
+ </thead>
+ <tbody>
+ <row>
+ <entry><literal>amcanorder</literal></entry>
+ <entry>Does the access method support ordered scans sorted by the
+ indexed column's value?</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><literal>amcanorderbyop</literal></entry>
+ <entry>Does the access method support ordered scans sorted by the result
+ of an operator on the indexed column?</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><literal>amcanbackward</literal></entry>
+ <entry>Does the access method support backward scanning?</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><literal>amcanunique</literal></entry>
+ <entry>Does the access method support unique indexes?</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><literal>amcanmulticol</literal></entry>
+ <entry>Does the access method support multicolumn indexes?</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><literal>amoptionalkey</literal></entry>
+ <entry>Does the access method support a scan without any constraint
+ for the first index column?</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><literal>amsearcharray</literal></entry>
+ <entry>Does the access method support <literal>ScalarArrayOpExpr</> searches?</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><literal>amsearchnulls</literal></entry>
+ <entry>Does the access method support <literal>IS NULL</>/<literal>NOT NULL</> searches?</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><literal>amstorage</literal></entry>
+ <entry>Can index storage data type differ from column data type?</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><literal>amclusterable</literal></entry>
+ <entry>Can an index of this type be clustered on?</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><literal>ampredlocks</literal></entry>
+ <entry>Does an index of this type manage fine-grained predicate locks?</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><literal>amgettuple</literal></entry>
+ <entry>Does the access method provide an <function>amgettuple</function> function?</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><literal>amgetbitmap</literal></entry>
+ <entry>Does the access method provide an <function>amgetbitmap</function> function?</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><literal>amcanreturn</literal></entry>
+ <entry>Does the access method support index-only scans?</entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup>
+ </table>
+
</sect1>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
index baef80d..fd6b983 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
@@ -16193,6 +16193,14 @@ SELECT pg_type_is_visible('myschema.widget'::regtype);
</indexterm>
<indexterm>
+ <primary>pg_indexam_has_capability</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>pg_index_has_capability</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+
+ <indexterm>
<primary>pg_options_to_table</primary>
</indexterm>
@@ -16380,6 +16388,16 @@ SELECT pg_type_is_visible('myschema.widget'::regtype);
number of columns, pretty-printing is implied</entry>
</row>
<row>
+ <entry><literal><function>pg_indexam_has_capability(<parameter>am_oid</parameter>, <parameter>cap_name</>)</function></literal></entry>
+ <entry><type>boolean</type></entry>
+ <entry>Test whether an index access method has a specified capability</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><literal><function>pg_index_has_capability(<parameter>index_oid</parameter>, <parameter>cap_name</>)</function></literal></entry>
+ <entry><type>boolean</type></entry>
+ <entry>Test whether the access method for the specified index has a specified capability</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
<entry><literal><function>pg_options_to_table(<parameter>reloptions</parameter>)</function></literal></entry>
<entry><type>setof record</type></entry>
<entry>get the set of storage option name/value pairs</entry>
@@ -16523,6 +16541,16 @@ SELECT pg_type_is_visible('myschema.widget'::regtype);
</para>
<para>
+ <function>pg_indexam_has_capability</function> and
+ <function>pg_index_has_capability</function> return whether the specified
+ access method, or the access method for the specified index, advertises the
+ named capability. <literal>NULL</literal> is returned if the capability
+ name is not known; <literal>true</literal> if the capability is advertised,
+ <literal>false</literal> if it is not. Refer
+ to <xref linkend="catalog-pg-am"> for capability names and their meanings.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
<function>pg_options_to_table</function> returns the set of storage
option name/value pairs
(<literal>option_name</>/<literal>option_value</>) when passed
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