Frederick Klauschen <fklauschen@yahoo.com> writes:
> I have rebuilt and reinstalled Version 7.1.3,
> but still the same. No compilation or installation
> errors are reported and simple statements seem
> to work properly. In contrast to 7.0.3, the \d <table>
> command does not work because 'format_type(oid,int4)'
> does not exist, but this
> probably has nothing to do with my problem?
Actually, that's a red flag indicating that you did the wrong thing.
You may be running a 7.1.3 psql, but the server you are talking to
is not 7.1.*, but something older (try "select version()" to prove it).
regards, tom lane