Ralph Smith <smithrn@u.washington.edu> writes:
> On Oct 25, 2007, at 1:09 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
>> Ummm ... those are the column headings for 8.2 pg_database, not 7.4.
>> You're looking at the wrong postmaster.
> postgres@smithrn-ltb1:/usr/lib/postgresql/7.4/bin$ ./psql
> Welcome to psql 7.4.13, the PostgreSQL interactive terminal.
> Type: \copyright for distribution terms
> \h for help with SQL commands
> \? for help on internal slash commands
> \g or terminate with semicolon to execute query
> \q to quit
> postgres=# select * from pg_database ;
> datname | datdba | encoding | datistemplate | datallowconn |
> datconnlimit | datlastsysoid | datfrozenxid | dattablespace |
> datconfig | datacl
Still the wrong column headings :-(. What you have above is a 7.4 psql
connecting to an 8.2 postmaster, no doubt because the default port
number wired into it is the 8.2 installation's not the 7.4 one's.
You'll need to explicitly give a -p switch to psql to connect to the
correct postmaster.
regards, tom lane