"Mark Steben" <msteben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > I have a live postgres database with 4 application tables. I can access it > through PSQL. > But there is no record of this database on the PG_DATABASE catalog table. Try vacuuming pg_database. If that works, it means your routine vacuuming procedures need some re-thinking, because they are missing (at least) pg_database. > I'm running version 7.4.5. You're doing yourself no favors by failing to update. The current release in that branch is 7.4.19. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly