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stdb=# select oid,ctid,xmin,xmax,datname from pg_database
stdb-# ;
  oid   |  ctid  |  xmin   | xmax |   datname
--------+--------+---------+------+--------------
  10819 | (0,1)  |     592 |    0 | postgres
      1 | (0,6)  |     585 |    0 | template1
  10818 | (0,7)  |     586 |    0 | template0
 823888 | (0,13) |  761678 |    0 | cells_dev
  19810 | (0,49) |  497579 |    0 | stdb2
 597974 | (3,2)  | 2346578 |    0 | stdb
  19882 | (3,3)  | 2346580 |    0 | stdb_standby
  16384 | (3,4)  | 2364457 |    0 | cells
(8 rows)

mmdcc228> dropdb stdb
ERROR:  database "stdb" does not exist
STATEMENT:  DROP DATABASE stdb;
         
dropdb: database removal failed: ERROR:  database "stdb" does not exist
mmdcc228>



-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Lane [mailto:tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 11:33 AM
To: Gauthier, Dave
Cc: pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re:  Catch-22 

"Gauthier, Dave" <dave.gauthier@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> After running intoa problem last week where I cannot rename an
existing
> DB because it's reported to not exist (I can attach to it and query
OK,
> but rename gives... "database foo does not exist"),

Would you show the results of

select oid,ctid,xmin,xmax,datname from pg_database

as well as the contents of $PGDATA/global/pg_database and a directory
listing of $PGDATA/base?

			regards, tom lane

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