Re: [GENERAL] Table appears on listing but can't drop it

2010-01-11 Thread Adrian Klaver
On Monday 11 January 2010 3:08:27 am Fernando Morgenstern wrote: > Em 11/01/2010, às 09:04, hubert depesz lubaczewski escreveu: > >> Hi, > >> > >> I have done: > >> > >> # psql -U postgres -p 4000 -l | hexdump -C > >> > >> And got the two databases: http://pastebin.ca/1746711 > >> > >> I couldn't f

Re: [GENERAL] Table appears on listing but can't drop it

2010-01-11 Thread hubert depesz lubaczewski
On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 09:08:27AM -0200, Fernando Morgenstern wrote: > Same result: http://pastebin.ca/1746714 It looks like there is problem with system catalogs. I would suggest to pg_dump what you can, rm $PGDATA, initdb, and load from backup. Best regards, depesz -- Linkedin: http://www.l

Re: [GENERAL] Table appears on listing but can't drop it

2010-01-11 Thread Fernando Morgenstern
Em 11/01/2010, às 09:04, hubert depesz lubaczewski escreveu: >> Hi, >> >> I have done: >> >> # psql -U postgres -p 4000 -l | hexdump -C >> >> And got the two databases: http://pastebin.ca/1746711 >> >> I couldn't find any difference here. > > Could you add -qAt to psql options and rerun the

Re: [GENERAL] Table appears on listing but can't drop it

2010-01-11 Thread hubert depesz lubaczewski
On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 08:58:57AM -0200, Fernando Morgenstern wrote: > Em 09/01/2010, às 19:40, hubert depesz lubaczewski escreveu: > > > On Fri, Jan 08, 2010 at 02:39:03PM -0200, Fernando Morgenstern wrote: > >> postgres=# drop database skynet; > >> ERROR: database "skynet" does not exist > >

Re: [GENERAL] Table appears on listing but can't drop it

2010-01-11 Thread Fernando Morgenstern
Em 09/01/2010, às 19:40, hubert depesz lubaczewski escreveu: > On Fri, Jan 08, 2010 at 02:39:03PM -0200, Fernando Morgenstern wrote: >> postgres=# drop database skynet; >> ERROR: database "skynet" does not exist > > do: > > psql -l | hexump -C > and examine output. > > Best regards, > > depes

Re: [GENERAL] Table appears on listing but can't drop it

2010-01-11 Thread Fernando Morgenstern
Em 08/01/2010, às 15:58, Adrian Klaver escreveu: > > Actually what is strange is that your previous listing : > postgres=# select '"' || datname || '"' from pg_database; > ?column? > - > "template1" > "template0" > "t1" > "skynet" > > is not the same as the one above: > > post

Re: [GENERAL] Table appears on listing but can't drop it

2010-01-09 Thread hubert depesz lubaczewski
On Fri, Jan 08, 2010 at 02:39:03PM -0200, Fernando Morgenstern wrote: > postgres=# drop database skynet; > ERROR: database "skynet" does not exist do: psql -l | hexump -C and examine output. Best regards, depesz -- Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/depesz / blog: http://www.depesz.com/

Re: [GENERAL] Table appears on listing but can't drop it

2010-01-09 Thread Tom Lane
Rikard Bosnjakovic writes: > Is there a particular reason space is allowed in name identifiers? I > see nothing but confusion if a space exists. The SQL standard requires that double-quoted identifiers be allowed to contain anything. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-

Re: [GENERAL] Table appears on listing but can't drop it

2010-01-09 Thread Rikard Bosnjakovic
On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 17:44, Sam Mason wrote: > There's an extra space at the beginning of the "skynet" line, could it Is there a particular reason space is allowed in name identifiers? I see nothing but confusion if a space exists. -- - Rikard - http://bos.hack.org/cv/ -- Sent via pgsql-g

Re: [GENERAL] Table appears on listing but can't drop it

2010-01-08 Thread Adrian Klaver
On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 9:58 AM, Adrian Klaver wrote: > On 01/08/2010 09:53 AM, Fernando Morgenstern wrote: > >> >> > > Actually what is strange is that your previous listing : > > postgres=# select '"' || datname || '"' from pg_database; > ?column? > - > "template1" > "template0"

Re: [GENERAL] Table appears on listing but can't drop it

2010-01-08 Thread Adrian Klaver
On 01/08/2010 09:53 AM, Fernando Morgenstern wrote: Em 08/01/2010, às 15:49, Adrian Klaver escreveu: On 01/08/2010 08:55 AM, Fernando Morgenstern wrote: Hello, Thanks for your quick answers. The extra space is indeed a copy-and-paste issue. Here it is the select that you suggested: postgre

Re: [GENERAL] Table appears on listing but can't drop it

2010-01-08 Thread Fernando Morgenstern
Em 08/01/2010, às 15:49, Adrian Klaver escreveu: > On 01/08/2010 08:55 AM, Fernando Morgenstern wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> Thanks for your quick answers. The extra space is indeed a copy-and-paste >> issue. Here it is the select that you suggested: >> >> postgres=# select '"' || datname || '"' f

Re: [GENERAL] Table appears on listing but can't drop it

2010-01-08 Thread Adrian Klaver
On 01/08/2010 08:55 AM, Fernando Morgenstern wrote: Hello, Thanks for your quick answers. The extra space is indeed a copy-and-paste issue. Here it is the select that you suggested: postgres=# select '"' || datname || '"' from pg_database; ?column? - "template1" "template0"

Re: [GENERAL] Table appears on listing but can't drop it

2010-01-08 Thread Fernando Morgenstern
Em 08/01/2010, às 14:48, Tom Lane escreveu: > Adrian Klaver writes: >> On 01/08/2010 08:39 AM, Fernando Morgenstern wrote: >>> Name| Owner | Encoding | Collation |Ctype| Access >>> privileges >>> ---+--+--+-+-+---

Re: [GENERAL] Table appears on listing but can't drop it

2010-01-08 Thread Tom Lane
Adrian Klaver writes: > On 01/08/2010 08:39 AM, Fernando Morgenstern wrote: >> Name| Owner | Encoding | Collation |Ctype| Access >> privileges >> ---+--+--+-+-+--- >> skynet| postgres | UTF8 | en_US.UT

Re: [GENERAL] Table appears on listing but can't drop it

2010-01-08 Thread Sam Mason
On Fri, Jan 08, 2010 at 02:39:03PM -0200, Fernando Morgenstern wrote: > postgres=# \l > List of databases >Name| Owner | Encoding | Collation |Ctype| Access > privileges > ---+--+--+-+-+

Re: [GENERAL] Table appears on listing but can't drop it

2010-01-08 Thread Adrian Klaver
On 01/08/2010 08:39 AM, Fernando Morgenstern wrote: Hello, I'm running version 8.4.1 and have a table that appears on listing ( when i run \l ) but i can't drop it. Example: postgres=# \l List of databases Name| Owner | Encoding | Collation |