"\d pg_class" fails in PG 8.4

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#1Tadipathri Raghu
traghu.dba@gmail.com

Hi All,

Following is the error when i try to describe the catalog table.

Version Info
========
postgres=# select version();
version
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PostgreSQL 8.4.3 on x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, compiled by GCC gcc (GCC)
4.1.2 20070626 (Red Hat 4.1.2-14), 64-bit
(1 row)
Error
===
postgres=# \d pg_class
ERROR: column "reltriggers" does not exist at character 41
STATEMENT: SELECT relhasindex, relkind, relchecks, reltriggers,
relhasrules,
relhasoids , reltablespace
FROM pg_catalog.pg_class WHERE oid = '1259'
ERROR: column "reltriggers" does not exist at character 41
LINE 1: SELECT relhasindex, relkind, relchecks, reltriggers, relhasr...
Could you please guide me in this, and what is the cause for it..

Regards
Raghavendra

#2Tom Lane
tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us
In reply to: Tadipathri Raghu (#1)
Re: "\d pg_class" fails in PG 8.4

Tadipathri Raghu <traghu.dba@gmail.com> writes:

Following is the error when i try to describe the catalog table.

postgres=# \d pg_class
ERROR: column "reltriggers" does not exist at character 41
STATEMENT: SELECT relhasindex, relkind, relchecks, reltriggers,
relhasrules,
relhasoids , reltablespace
FROM pg_catalog.pg_class WHERE oid = '1259'
ERROR: column "reltriggers" does not exist at character 41
LINE 1: SELECT relhasindex, relkind, relchecks, reltriggers, relhasr...
Could you please guide me in this, and what is the cause for it..

Apparently you're using an old version of psql ... but I'm curious to
know just which, because I can't duplicate that exact error display with
any release branch. Anyway, pg_class.reltriggers is gone in 8.4, but
pre-8.4 psql versions don't know that.

regards, tom lane

#3Tadipathri Raghu
traghu.dba@gmail.com
In reply to: Tom Lane (#2)
Re: "\d pg_class" fails in PG 8.4

Hi Tom,

As you are best always on this Community Fourm. Thanks for your help. It got
resolved.

Regards
Raghavendra

On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 10:03 AM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:

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Tadipathri Raghu <traghu.dba@gmail.com> writes:

Following is the error when i try to describe the catalog table.

postgres=# \d pg_class
ERROR: column "reltriggers" does not exist at character 41
STATEMENT: SELECT relhasindex, relkind, relchecks, reltriggers,
relhasrules,
relhasoids , reltablespace
FROM pg_catalog.pg_class WHERE oid = '1259'
ERROR: column "reltriggers" does not exist at character 41
LINE 1: SELECT relhasindex, relkind, relchecks, reltriggers, relhasr...
Could you please guide me in this, and what is the cause for it..

Apparently you're using an old version of psql ... but I'm curious to
know just which, because I can't duplicate that exact error display with
any release branch. Anyway, pg_class.reltriggers is gone in 8.4, but
pre-8.4 psql versions don't know that.

regards, tom lane