Re: \dt shows table but \d <table> says the table doesn't exist ?

On Fri, May 3, 2024 at 11:08 PM Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>
wrote:

> On 5/3/24 14:06, Magnus Hagander wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Fri, May 3, 2024 at 10:58 PM David Gauthier <dfgpostgres(at)gmail(dot)com
> > <mailto:dfgpostgres(at)gmail(dot)com>> wrote:
> >
> > psql (15.3, server 14.5) on linux
> >
> > Someone else's DB which I've been asked to look at.
> >
> > \dt gives many tables, here are just 3...
> >
> > public | some_idIds | table
> > | cron_user
> > public | WarningIds | table
> > | cron_user
> > public | cpf_inv_driverIds | table
> > | cron_user
> >
> > but \d public.some_idIds gives..
> >
> > Did not find any relation named "public.some_idIds".
> >
> >
> >
> > Looks like you might need a \d "some_idIds" (include the quotes) since
> > it has an uppercase characters?
>
> This:
>
> "Did not find any relation named "public.some_idIds"."
>
> to me indicates it did look for the properly cased name.
>

That is arguably a really bad error message, because it puts those quotes
there whether needed or not. if you put the quotes in there, you get:

Did not find any relation named "public."some_idIds"".

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