Re: psql "\d" no longer working

Hello Rob,

Am 12.02.2023 um 10:02 schrieb Rob Sargent:
>
>
> Seems I've lost the table definition meta-command
>
> riftehr=> \d actual_and_inf_rel_clean_final
> ERROR:  column c.relhasoids does not exist
> LINE 1: ..., c.relhasindex, c.relhasrules, c.relhastriggers,
> c.relhasoi...
>
> while listing tables still works
>
> riftehr=> \dt act*
> List of relations
>  Schema |                   Name                    | Type  | Owner
> --------+-------------------------------------------+-------+-------
>  cell   | actual_and_inf_rel_clean_final            | table | cell
>  cell   | actual_and_inf_rel_clean_final_count_rels | table | cell
>  cell   | actual_and_inf_rel_part1                  | table | cell
>  cell   | actual_and_inf_rel_part1_unique           | table | cell
>  cell   | actual_and_inf_rel_part1_unique_clean     | table | cell
>  cell   | actual_and_inf_rel_part2                  | table | cell
>  cell   | actual_and_inf_rel_part2_unique           | table | cell
>  cell   | actual_and_inf_rel_part2_unique_clean     | table | cell
> (8 rows)
>
> riftehr=> select version();
> version
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>  PostgreSQL 14.7 on x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by gcc (GCC)
> 8.5.0 20210514 (Red Hat 8.5.0-16), 64-bit
> (1 row)
>
> The server was restarted Friday morning (according to systemctl) and
> the log file has the complete sql statement:
>
> 2023-02-10 13:42:55.214 MST [524159] STATEMENT:  SELECT
> c.relchecks, c.relkind, c.relhasindex, c.relhasrules,
> c.relhastriggers, c.relhasoids, '', c.reltablespace, CASE WHEN
> c.reloftype = 0 THEN '' ELSE
> c.reloftype::pg_catalog.regtype::pg_catalog.text END, c.relpersistence
>         FROM pg_catalog.pg_class c
>          LEFT JOIN pg_catalog.pg_class tc ON (c.reltoastrelid =
> tc.oid)
>         WHERE c.oid = '219319';
> 2023-02-10 13:43:01.143 MST [524159] ERROR:  column c.relhasoids
> does not exist at character 80
>
> but I don't see any other issue in the log file.
>
> I have yet to find another broken meta-command and no sql of mine has
> failed along similar lines as had "\d"
>
> Any pointers much appreciated.
>
Check the version of your psql binary. I assume it's below v13.
There was a change in pg_catalog.

Clients below 13 assume, the column is still there.

kind regards

Georg