Re: Different views of remote server

On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 1:09 PM, Bob Pawley <rjpawley(at)shaw(dot)ca> wrote:
> Hi
>
> This is probably going to turn out to be me doing something stupid, but-
>
> I have two computers, one of which I use as a remote server for my database.
>
> When I connect to the remote database through my interface there are errors
> that suggest a problem with the data in one of the tables.
>
> Using PgAdmin to view the remote table there is indeed some information
> missing (5 out of 16 geoms).
>
> When I use the PGAdmin on the remote computer, using a local connection,
> this information is not missing it is intact.
>
> I don’t think it is a PgAdmin problem because when I do a ‘select the_geom’
> as a remote query the information is missing where it is not missing the
> PgAdmin on the other computer as a local query.
>
> Also connecting to the remote DB using Quantum GIS shows the “missing”
> information as being present and normal.
>
> I have also checked with a server display app and the appropriate number of
> servers are present (only one present on the remote computer).
>
> I’ve run out of ideas - Would anyone have any thoughts of what might be
> going on???

You're likely connecting to a different database than you think you
are. What do your connection credentials look like in each case?