Thread: \df causes an ERROR: Function oid8types(oidvector) does not exists

Glauter Fonseca Jannuzzi (glauter@achei.com.br) reports a bug with a severity of 1
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Short Description
\df causes an ERROR: Function oid8types(oidvector) does not exists

Long Description
When I try to use the \df function, this ERROR occurr.

I use the os: Linux Red Hat 6.2

Thank everybody that can help me.

Glauter

Sample Code
=>\df
ERROR: Function 'oid8types(oidvector)' does not exist
       Unable to identify a function that satisfies the given
          argument types
       You may need to add explicit typecasts.


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pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org writes:
> \df causes an ERROR: Function oid8types(oidvector) does not exists
> Thank everybody that can help me.

Use the version of psql that matches your version of the server.

This looks like a 6.5 or older psql with a 7.0 server...

            regards, tom lane

Tom Lane wrote:
>
> pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org writes:
> > \df causes an ERROR: Function oid8types(oidvector) does not exists
> > Thank everybody that can help me.
>
> Use the version of psql that matches your version of the server.
>
> This looks like a 6.5 or older psql with a 7.0 server...

Or a from-source 7.0 installation alongside a 6.5.3 RPM install, which
he needs to rpm -e if he wants to use the from-source build.  Or he can
upgrade to the 7.0.2 RPM.
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Lamar Owen
WGCR Internet Radio
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