On Sun, 2005-02-27 at 18:50 -0500, Tommy Svensson wrote: >I have just installed Postgresql and tried it for the first time. > >One very serious problem I ran into was when actually trying to use >created tables. >Creating a simple table without any foreign keys works OK, but after >creating the >table it is not possible to do a select on it! I tried the following >variants: > >SELECT * FROM <table>; >SELECT * FROM public.<table>; >SELECT * FROM <schema>.public.<table>; > >All result in the message "The relation <table> does not exist!" or "The >relation public.<table> does not exist!". > >Creating a new table with a foreign key referencing the first table is >also impossible due to exactly the same error message! > >This behaviour is the same using DBVisualizer/jdbc or psql. > >So the question is how do you actually reference the tables you have >created so that postgres will find them ? >The tables do actually get created. I can se them in DBVisualizer. > >I'm using version 7.4.5 on Linux Mandrake 10.1. > >Best Regards, >Tommy Svensson What do your CREATE TABLE commands look like? Also, what does \d tablename respond with? -Robby -- /*************************************** * Robby Russell | Owner.Developer.Geek * PLANET ARGON | www.planetargon.com * Portland, OR | robby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx * 503.351.4730 | blog.planetargon.com * PHP/PostgreSQL Hosting & Development * --- Now hosting Ruby on Rails Apps --- ****************************************/ ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 8: explain analyze is your friend