Re: Not able to find a table

On Jul 30, 2007, at 9:26 , Dale Seaburg wrote:

> I have a database that can be accessed and used correctly via ODBC
> and MS-Access.  But when I try to do a simple SQL SELECT query in
> psql, I get an error that the table can't be found: Relation
> "instrument_type" does not exist.  Yet, when I do a "\d" command, I
> see the table named "Instrument_Type" in the "public" schema.

SQL is case-insensitive unless the identifier is quoted. PostgreSQL
downcases unquoted identifiers, so

instrument_type
InSTrument_type
INSTRUMENT_TYPE
Instrument_Type

all are treated as instrument_type.

Note that \d returns "Instrument_Type". This means the identifier was
quoted when created. "Instrument_Type" is not the same as
Instrument_Type or instrument_type. You need to quote the identifier
to use it, e.g.,

SELECT *
FROM "Instrument_Type";

Michael Glaesemann
grzm seespotcode net