Thread: error: Relation 'tableName' does not exist ?

Unless I create a table, using psql, I've noticed that tables, that I
created with pgAccess or Microsoft Access, are NOT visible in pSQL i.e. I
get the error:  "Relation 'tableName' does not exist".  If I list tables,
using    \d    , psql can "see" the tables; yet, I can't select from them
without receiving "Relation 'tableName' does not exist".

I can link from MS Access to the pgAccess tables, just fine.  pgaccess can
open the tables, just fine.  I'm using the latest version, 7.1.3 of
PostgreSQL.  I made sure that the database was NOT created using "root" and
that I was logged on as another User (which had created the database and
created the tables).
   Why?    Is there some permissions thing, that I missed?

Has anyone else run across this? ... and discovered why?

Michael Coughlin
401-348-9491
www.data-based-systems.com

On Monday, 5. November 2001 02:32, Michael Coughlin wrote:
> Unless I create a table, using psql, I've noticed that tables, that I
> created with pgAccess or Microsoft Access, are NOT visible in pSQL
> i.e. I get the error:  "Relation 'tableName' does not exist".  If I
> list tables, using    \d    , psql can "see" the tables; yet, I can't
> select from them without receiving "Relation 'tableName' does not
> exist".

Do the table names contain upper case letters? Then you must quote them, 
like: SELECT * FROM "tableName";

Perhaps this helps a bit?

Christof Glaser
--   gl.aser . software engineering . internet service      http://gl.aser.de/ . Planckstraße 7 . D-39104 Magdeburg

ah Ha ! ... upper case letters ? ... so, THAT's it ?

Late last night, using pgAccess, I noticed that quoting the field names and
table name got things to work.  I was wondering why sometimes it worked
without the quotes?

I have the new Wrox book, "Beginning PostgreSQL" arriving, today.  I'm
hoping that it will fill in these subtleties, that I didn't notice in the
on-line docs.

THANKs, Christof - for taking a moment - to point that out.

Mike Coughlin