Re: Help with command syntax? - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Alexander Stanier
Subject Re: Help with command syntax?
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Msg-id 4739CCC9.8080704@egsgroup.com
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In response to Help with command syntax?  (Carol Walter <walterc@indiana.edu>)
List pgsql-admin
You need to put the database name in single quotes:

select pg_database_size('km');

Regards,
Alex.

Carol Walter wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> Can someone help me with the syntax for running a postgres function
> from the within psql?  I need to know the size of several databases.
> The postgres documentation says there is a function that will do what
> I need.  The function is pg_database_size(name).  I tried select
> pg_database-_size(km).  The response I get says there is no column
> "km".  I think I must be using the wrong syntax, but haven't found a
> reference to what the correct syntax is.
>
> Thanks,
> Carol Walter
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