On Tuesday 26 December 2006 2:43 am, karthik wrote: > hello, > > my name is karthik . > > i facing a problem when trying to select values from a table in > postgresql. > > when i execute a query like "select title from itemsbytitle;" i > get error as > > Error:Could not open relation "itemsbytitle". no such file or > directory. > > can anybody help me to find an answer for this problem. > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings I guess the first question is are you sure there is a table named itemsbytitle? If so you may need to quote the table name- SELECT title FROM "itemsbytitle"; See below for full explanation http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/interactive/sql-syntax-lexical.html#SQL-SYNTAX-IDENTIFIERS -- Adrian Klaver aklaver@xxxxxxxxxxx