Re: Database - Table browing problem.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Anil Jangam [mailto:anilj(at)indts(dot)com]
> Sent: 14 December 2001 11:10
> To: 'Dave Page'; 'pgsql-cygwin(at)postgresql(dot)org'
> Subject: RE: [CYGWIN] Database - Table browing problem.
>
>
>
> > > Here is another doubt. When the table is created from the
> > > psql console, its not pssible to see its proerties in the
> > > pgAdmin interface. However I can see the table details e.g.
> > > columns, checks, FKs etc. The error message says:
> > >
> > > An error has occured in pgAdminII:frmMain.tvTable
> > > Number: 2147467259
> > > Error:person: permission denied.
> >
> > Are you running pgAdmin as the postgresql superuser?
>
> No, as a user I created (using createuser).. Where as when I
> am logging to the psql, its just the psql <database name>.
> The user while this login, I think is the default one i.e.
> "Administrator(at)ANILJ" (this is also the bash prompt). How do
> I set the pgSQL user when I create the table and so the owner
> of the whole database. See the description of the command:
> (CREATE DATABASE creates a new Postgres database. The creator
> becomes the owner of the new database.)
>

Try using

psql -U username dbname

It sounds to me like pgAdmin is trying to do a SELECT count(*) from a table
that your username doesn't have permission to access.

Regards, Dave.