PFC <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > I've traced it to the following query to get information about the > database : > SELECT pdb.datname AS datname, pu.usename AS datowner, > pg_encoding_to_char(encoding) AS datencoding, > (SELECT description FROM pg_description pd WHERE pdb.oid=pd.objoid) AS > datcomment, > (SELECT spcname FROM pg_catalog.pg_tablespace pt WHERE > pt.oid=pdb.dattablespace) AS tablespace > FROM pg_database pdb, pg_user pu > WHERE pdb.datdba = pu.usesysid AND NOT pdb.datistemplate > ORDER BY pdb.datname; Works for me. > This query looks right to me and pg 8.0.0 does it fine, while 8.0.1-r3 > says : > Error : Unexpected right parenthesis. Hmm; the only occurrence of that string in the sources is in nodes/read.c, which AFAIK would never be invoked for a query entered straight from the client. What could trigger it would be trying to read a rule that is misformatted for some reason. Maybe you have a damaged pg_user view definition --- does "select * from pg_user" fail the same way? regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq