where is the table?

sergio nogueira wrote:

dmonitor=> create table wereisthetable(col int);
CREATE TABLE
dmonitor=> select tablename, tablespace from pg_tables where tablename='wereisthetable';
tablename | tablespace
----------------+------------
wereisthetable |
(1 row)

dmonitor=> alter table wereisthetable set tablespace monitor_dat1;
ALTER TABLE
dmonitor=> select tablename, tablespace from pg_tables where tablename='wereisthetable';
tablename | tablespace
----------------+------------
wereisthetable |
(1 row)

dmonitor=> select version();
version

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PostgreSQL 8.4rc1 on i686-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by GCC gcc (GCC) 4.3.2 20081105 (Red Hat 4.3.2-7), 32-bit
(1 row)

Strange, your sample works as expected on my
PostgreSQL 8.4rc1 on i686-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by GCC gcc (GCC) 3.2.3 20030502 (Red Hat Linux 3.2.3-59), 32-bit

What do you get for

select * from pg_tablespace;

Yours,
Laurenz Albe