On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 03:41:38PM -0400, Carol Walter wrote: > This gives the same error. I can select columns from the table > although select * gets the error. I tried making a copy of the > "maps" table using CREATE TABLE new table name (all columns) AS > SELECT all columns FROM maps; This also gave me the same error. well. i think that it's time to move the PGDATA someplace else, initdb, and load backup. depesz