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Re: Why can't I see the definition of my relations

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On Jul 13, 9:12 am, adrian.kla...@xxxxxxxxx (Adrian Klaver) wrote:
> On Monday 12 July 2010 10:18:07 pm A. Kretschmer wrote:
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> > No, the reason is another:
>
> > test=# create table "Stone"(id serial);
> > NOTICE:  CREATE TABLE will create implicit sequence "Stone_id_seq" for
> > serial column "Stone.id" CREATE TABLE
> > test=*# \d Stone
> > Did not find any relation named "Stone".
> > test=*# \d "Stone"
> >                           Table "public.Stone"
> >  Column |  Type   |                      Modifiers
> > --------+---------+------------------------------------------------------
> >  id     | integer | not null default nextval('"Stone_id_seq"'::regclass)
>
> > You have to use the " if the table-name contains upper-case characters.
>
> > Andreas
>
> Just for completeness, it is the quoted table name that causes the case
> sensitivity. If you do as below than the table name is folded to lower case.
>
> test=> create table Stone(id serial);
> NOTICE:  CREATE TABLE will create implicit sequence "stone_id_seq" for serial
> column "stone.id"
> CREATE TABLE
> test=> \d Stone
>                          Table "public.stone"
>  Column |  Type   |                     Modifiers
> --------+---------+----------------------------------------------------
>  id     | integer | not null default nextval('stone_id_seq'::regclass)
>
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> Adrian Klaver
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Thank you both for you help.  I look forward to accessing the table
tonight when I get home.

For my own sake, would there happen to be any documentation on-line
that I could read up on regarding this?  (The PostgreSQL website
perhaps?  Is this discussed in their documentation?)

Thanks,
Andy

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