Re: DROP TABLE Appears to Fail

Silly question, but did you try it with a semicolon after the drop table?

# drop table station_type;

I've noticed that if you are in the middle of a statement and issue a \
command, psql ignores the SQL you've typed in and just does the \ command.

On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 3:34 PM, Rich Shepard <rshepard(at)appl-ecosys(dot)com>wrote:

> I cannot recall issuing a DROP TABLE command from psql that did not work,
> but seem to have this as a new experience.
>
> When I look at the database table list with '\d' I see
>
> public | station_type | table | rshepard
> public | station_type_statype_seq | sequence | rshepard
>
> and I want to drop and recreate these with a typo fixed. But, the drop
> commands do not appear to work:
>
> # drop table station_type
>
> # \d
>
> public | station_type | table | rshepard
> public | station_type_statype_seq | sequence | rshepard
>
> I fail to see what I'm doing incorrectly and would appreciate a clue stick
> to set me on the proper path.
>
> TIA,
>
> Rich
>
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