Re: no entry on pg_database for a live database

Thanks Tom - that did the trick
We will be upgrading to 8.2 within the next couple weeks.

-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Lane [mailto:tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us]
Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 12:20 PM
To: Mark Steben
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [ADMIN] no entry on pg_database for a live database

"Mark Steben" <msteben(at)autorevenue(dot)com> writes:
> I have a live postgres database with 4 application tables. I can access
it
> through PSQL.
> But there is no record of this database on the PG_DATABASE catalog table.

Try vacuuming pg_database.

If that works, it means your routine vacuuming procedures need some
re-thinking, because they are missing (at least) pg_database.

> I'm running version 7.4.5.

You're doing yourself no favors by failing to update. The current
release in that branch is 7.4.19.

regards, tom lane