Thread: trouble dropping a table
Hi Everybody,
I have a strange problem:
canon=# \dt *plate*
List of relations
Schema | Name | Type | Owner
--------+---------------------+-------+-------
public | gallo.plate_subject | table | ysu
(1 row)
and I want to get rid of this table. I thought I could
canon=# drop table gallo.plate_subject;
ERROR: table "plate_subject" does not exist
canon=#
and I did this:
canon=# drop table public.gallo.plate_subject;
ERROR: cross-database references are not implemented: "public.gallo.plate_subject"
canon=#
Can someone please tell me what I am doing wrong?
Thank you in advance.
Regards,
Tena Sakai
tsakai@gallo.ucsf.edu
"Tena Sakai" <tsakai@gallo.ucsf.edu> wrote: > Schema | Name | Type | Owner > --------+---------------------+-------+------- > public | gallo.plate_subject | table | ysu > (1 row) > > and I want to get rid of this table. How about?: DROP TABLE public."gallo.plate_subject" It looks like you have a dot in your table name, which would require quotes like that. -Kevin
Many thanks, Scott and Kevin.
Regards,
Tena Sakai
tsakai@gallo.ucsf.edu
-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Whitney [swhitney@journyx.com] Sent: Fri 6/26/2009 11:26 AM
Try:
drop table "gallo.plate_subject"
with the quotes.
-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin Grittner [mailto:Kevin.Grittner@wicourts.gov]
Sent: Fri 6/26/2009 11:31 AM
To: Tena Sakai; pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [ADMIN] trouble dropping a table
"Tena Sakai" <tsakai@gallo.ucsf.edu> wrote:
> Schema | Name | Type | Owner
> --------+---------------------+-------+-------
> public | gallo.plate_subject | table | ysu
> (1 row)
>
> and I want to get rid of this table.
How about?:
DROP TABLE public."gallo.plate_subject"
It looks like you have a dot in your table name, which would require
quotes like that.
-Kevin