Ok, I should be posting this to the kindergarden list... but I didn't subscribe... I've connected to a database psql -l testdb showed tables \d show table schema \d testtable now I want to select #select someColumn from testtable I get nothing... no output, nothing... I'm used to MySQL where I can queries once connected... I'm sure I can do the same with PGSQL... FYI, I'm also using phpPGAdmin and I can run the SQL query there just fine -Jonathan ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match