> On Nov 26, 2015, at 21:29, mrtruji <mrtr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Sure thing. Below are the results from your query along with the version and 
> table info. Not sure about the index. I queried the table quite a bit before 
> adding the new column and didn't have any issues. 
> 
> Here is the result from your query: 
> 
>  nspname | relname | indexrelname | type | ?column?
> ---------+---------+--------------+------+----------
> (0 rows)
> 
> Version: 
> PostgreSQL 9.4.5 on x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, compiled by gcc (Ubuntu 
> 4.8.2-19ubuntu1) 4.8.2, 64-bit
> 
>               
> Table "public.data"
>     Column    |         Type         | Modifiers
> --------------+----------------------+-----------
>  id           | text                 |
>  name         | text                 |
>  gender       | text                 |
>  age          | text                 |
>  street       | text                 |
>  city         | text                 |
>  state        | text                 |
>  zip          | text                 |
>  longitude    | double precision     |
>  latitude     | double precision     |
>  geom         | geometry(Point,4326) |
>  features_bin | bytea                |
> Indexes:
>     "ix_data_id" btree (id)
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> On Thu, Nov 26, 2015 at 6:19 PM, Melvin Davidson <melvin6...@gmail.com> 
>> wrote:
>> OK, thanks for clarifying, but just for sanity sake, it would REALLY be nice 
>> if you would advise us of the exact version of PostgreSQL and the O/S you 
>> are working with.
>> 
>> A copy of the table structure would also be helpful.
>> 
>> Just one more thing, is it possible you have an index on that table that 
>> might be corrupted?
>> 
>> What does the following query return?
>> 
>> SELECT n.nspname, 
>>        i.relname, 
>>        i.indexrelname, 
>>        CASE WHEN idx.indisprimary 
>>             THEN 'pkey' 
>>             WHEN idx.indisunique 
>>             THEN 'uidx' 
>>             ELSE 'idx' 
>>         END AS type, 
>>         'INVALID' 
>>   FROM pg_stat_all_indexes i 
>>   JOIN pg_class c     ON (c.oid = i.relid) 
>>   JOIN pg_namespace n ON (n.oid = c.relnamespace) 
>>   JOIN pg_index idx   ON (idx.indexrelid =  i.indexrelid ) 
>>  WHERE idx.indisvalid = FALSE  
>>    AND i.relname = 'data'
>>  ORDER BY 1, 2,3;
>> 
>>> On Thu, Nov 26, 2015 at 9:10 PM, mrtruji <mrtr...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi, 
>>> 
>>> Thanks for the reply. The limit is just to simplify results for the 
>>> examples. The same behavior occurs when each of the three queries are not 
>>> limited. Whenever I try to filter by the original columns and select the 
>>> new column the resultant values for the new column are empty. Conversely, 
>>> whenever I select the new column along with original columns without any 
>>> filtering the resultant values for the original columns return empty. It's 
>>> as if the added column is disconnected to the table in some way causing 
>>> problems with queries that combine original columns and the new one.
>>> 
>>> I created and filled in the new column externally using psycopg2 in Python 
>>> so I'm not sure if that could be the source of the problem...

Did you just fire sql alter statements? 


Have you tried creating a new table with the bytea column and loading it with 
the same data?  Just to help narrow things down?

  Also, can you reproduce it?


>>> 
>>>> On Thu, Nov 26, 2015 at 5:39 PM, Melvin Davidson <melvin6...@gmail.com> 
>>>> wrote:
>>>> Is it possible you have more than one row where state = 'CA'? Putting a 
>>>> LIMIT 1 would then restrict to only 1 row.
>>>> Have you tried with no limit? IE: SELECT new_col FROM data;
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On Thu, Nov 26, 2015 at 7:13 PM, mrtruji <mrtr...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Just added a new bytea type column to an existing psql table and 
>>>>> populated the column entirely with row data. Running into some strange 
>>>>> query results:
>>>>> 
>>>>> When I select the newly added column by itself I get all the data as 
>>>>> expected:
>>>>> 
>>>>> SELECT new_col FROM data LIMIT 1;
>>>>> Result: \x8481e7dec3650040b....
>>>>> When I try to filter with 'where' on another column in the table, I get 
>>>>> the values from the other columns as expected but empty from my 
>>>>> new_column:
>>>>> 
>>>>> SELECT id, state, new_col FROM data WHERE state='CA' limit 1;
>>>>> Result: 123456_1; CA; EMPTY ROW
>>>>> The reverse is also true. If I select my new column in combination with 
>>>>> other columns with no 'where' I get the correct value from my new column 
>>>>> but empty for the other columns:
>>>>> 
>>>>> SELECT id, state, new_col FROM data limit 1;
>>>>> Result: EMPTY ROW; EMPTY ROW; \x8481e7dec3650040b....
>>>>> Thanks to anyone with advice!
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> -- 
>>>> Melvin Davidson
>>>> I reserve the right to fantasize.  Whether or not you 
>>>> wish to share my fantasy is entirely up to you. 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> Melvin Davidson
>> I reserve the right to fantasize.  Whether or not you 
>> wish to share my fantasy is entirely up to you. 
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