"Mark Steben" <msteben(at)autorevenue(dot)com> writes:
> I have a live postgres database with 4 application tables. I can access it
> through PSQL.
> But there is no record of this database on the PG_DATABASE catalog table.
Try vacuuming pg_database.
If that works, it means your routine vacuuming procedures need some
re-thinking, because they are missing (at least) pg_database.
> I'm running version 7.4.5.
You're doing yourself no favors by failing to update. The current
release in that branch is 7.4.19.
regards, tom lane