Re: relation does not exist!?

From: Søren Poulsen <wmsopou(at)hotmail(dot)com>
To: desoi(at)pgedit(dot)com
Cc: pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: relation does not exist!?
Date: 2005-07-10 20:11:00
Message-ID: BAY16-F30C13EF569FD048E0428A1A3DD0@phx.gbl
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OK, I created the tables using pgAdmin so I didnt notice the quotes - after
changing the names to lowercase I dont have to quote - tnx for the help.

>From: John DeSoi <desoi(at)pgedit(dot)com>
>To: Søren Poulsen <wmsopou(at)hotmail(dot)com>
>CC: pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
>Subject: Re: [NOVICE] relation does not exist!?
>Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2005 10:27:05 -0400
>
>
>On Jul 10, 2005, at 9:12 AM, Søren Poulsen wrote:
>
>>Just installed postgresql today - I keep getting the error "relation ...
>>does not exist"
>>when I try some simple selects. This is the scenario:
>>
>>Created a user X and a schema by the same name X using pgAdmin (pg 8.0.3)
>>, and set
>>the user as owner of the schema.
>>Then I created a table Y under schema X, and set user X as owner of the
>>table. Then
>>I put some rows in the table.
>>As postgres user when I try "select * from Y" I get the error "relation Y
>>does not exist".
>>I have tried "select * from X.Y", same error. The I tried logging in as X
>>and executing the
>>select, but still get the same error. I have also tried the same select
>>from a Java program
>>using JDBC and get the same error. What am I doing wrong?
>
>
>Perhaps you created the table (or schema) with the name quoted. By
>default, PostgreSQL folds names to lower case. So to "select * from Y"
>there has to be a table named with a lowercase 'y'. If the table name is
>really a capital 'Y' you need:
>
>select * from "Y"
>or
>select * from "X"."Y"
>depending on the name of the schema.
>
>Click on the table in pgAdmin and look at the SQL definition to see if the
>names are quoted.
>
>
>
>John DeSoi, Ph.D.
>http://pgedit.com/
>Power Tools for PostgreSQL
>

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