On þri, 2006-12-26 at 02:43 -0800, karthik wrote: > i facing a problem when trying to select values from a table in > postgresql. do you face this problem with any table or only from a particular table? > when i execute a query like "select title from itemsbytitle;" what do you mean by 'a query like' ? please show us the exact query > i > get error as > > Error:Could not open relation "itemsbytitle". no such file or > directory. please show us the exact error. what version postgres are you using ? are you using psql for your tests ? if would be best is you cut'n'pasted a short psql session that demonstrates the problem. something like: +++++++++++++++++++ $ psql -d test Welcome to psql 8.1.4, the PostgreSQL interactive terminal. Type: \copyright for distribution terms \h for help with SQL commands \? for help with psql commands \g or terminate with semicolon to execute query \q to quit test=# create table blah (i int); CREATE TABLE test=# insert into blah values (1); INSERT 0 1 test=# select * from blah; i --- 1 (1 row) test=# select * from blax; ERROR: relation "blax" does not exist ++++++++++++++++++++++ this makes it easier for us to guess at what your problem is, and simplifies reproducing it. gnari