PostgreSql command to see the table data - postgresql

I am new in PostgreSql. I import the database on my linux machine. I am able to see the list of tables using \d command (GSM_test_db-# \d default_msg_details) its displaying the table list but I want to see the table data.
Any Command that shows table Data also Please tell me.
I already used select query GSM_test_db-# SELECT * FROM default_msg_details but its not displaying anything and its not giving any error.
Please tell me if any command or why this select its not displaying anything.

Because you need to terminate your statement with a ;

Try SELECT * FROM "default_msg_details";
Beside adding ";" at the end of your query, you also need add the quotes("") to your tabel's name as well.

Firstly, you need to disable pagination but retain the output:
\pset pager off
Then, use the below query:
SELECT * FROM "default_msg_details";

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Postgres Copy csv to table sql [duplicate]

I'm trying to run the following PHP script to do a simple database query:
$db_host = "localhost";
$db_name = "showfinder";
$username = "user";
$password = "password";
$dbconn = pg_connect("host=$db_host dbname=$db_name user=$username password=$password")
or die('Could not connect: ' . pg_last_error());
$query = 'SELECT * FROM sf_bands LIMIT 10';
$result = pg_query($query) or die('Query failed: ' . pg_last_error());
This produces the following error:
Query failed: ERROR: relation "sf_bands" does not exist
In all the examples I can find where someone gets an error stating the relation does not exist, it's because they use uppercase letters in their table name. My table name does not have uppercase letters. Is there a way to query my table without including the database name, i.e. showfinder.sf_bands?
From what I've read, this error means that you're not referencing the table name correctly. One common reason is that the table is defined with a mixed-case spelling, and you're trying to query it with all lower-case.
In other words, the following fails:
CREATE TABLE "SF_Bands" ( ... );
SELECT * FROM sf_bands; -- ERROR!
Use double-quotes to delimit identifiers so you can use the specific mixed-case spelling as the table is defined.
SELECT * FROM "SF_Bands";
Re your comment, you can add a schema to the "search_path" so that when you reference a table name without qualifying its schema, the query will match that table name by checked each schema in order. Just like PATH in the shell or include_path in PHP, etc. You can check your current schema search path:
SHOW search_path
"$user",public
You can change your schema search path:
SET search_path TO showfinder,public;
See also http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/ddl-schemas.html
I had problems with this and this is the story (sad but true) :
If your table name is all lower case like : accounts
you can use: select * from AcCounTs and it will work fine
If your table name is all lower case like : accounts
The following will fail:
select * from "AcCounTs"
If your table name is mixed case like : Accounts
The following will fail:
select * from accounts
If your table name is mixed case like : Accounts
The following will work OK:
select * from "Accounts"
I dont like remembering useless stuff like this but you have to ;)
Postgres process query different from other RDMS. Put schema name in double quote before your table name like this, "SCHEMA_NAME"."SF_Bands"
Put the dbname parameter in your connection string. It works for me while everything else failed.
Also when doing the select, specify the your_schema.your_table like this:
select * from my_schema.your_table
If a table name contains underscores or upper case, you need to surround it in double-quotes.
SELECT * from "Table_Name";
I had a similar problem on OSX but tried to play around with double and single quotes. For your case, you could try something like this
$query = 'SELECT * FROM "sf_bands"'; // NOTE: double quotes on "sf_Bands"
This is realy helpfull
SET search_path TO schema,public;
I digged this issues more, and found out about how to set this "search_path" by defoult for a new user in current database.
Open DataBase Properties then open Sheet "Variables"
and simply add this variable for your user with actual value.
So now your user will get this schema_name by defoult and you could use tableName without schemaName.
You must write schema name and table name in qutotation mark. As below:
select * from "schemaName"."tableName";
I had the same issue as above and I am using PostgreSQL 10.5.
I tried everything as above but nothing seems to be working.
Then I closed the pgadmin and opened a session for the PSQL terminal.
Logged into the PSQL and connected to the database and schema respectively :
\c <DATABASE_NAME>;
set search_path to <SCHEMA_NAME>;
Then, restarted the pgadmin console and then I was able to work without issue in the query-tool of the pagadmin.
For me the problem was, that I had used a query to that particular table while Django was initialized. Of course it will then throw an error, because those tables did not exist. In my case, it was a get_or_create method within a admin.py file, that was executed whenever the software ran any kind of operation (in this case the migration). Hope that helps someone.
In addition to Bill Karwin's answer =>
Yes, you should surround the table name with double quotes. However, be aware that most probably php will not allow you to just write simply:
$query = "SELECT * FROM "SF_Bands"";
Instead, you should use single quotes while surrounding the query as sav said.
$query = 'SELECT * FROM "SF_Bands"';
You have to add the schema first e.g.
SELECT * FROM place.user_place;
If you don't want to add that in all queries then try this:
SET search_path TO place;
Now it will works:
SELECT * FROM user_place;
Easiest workaround is Just change the table name and all column names to lowercase and your issue will be resolved.
For example:
Change Table_Name to table_name and
Change ColumnName to columnname
It might be silly for a few, but in my case - once I created the table I could able to query the table on the same session, but if I relogin with new session table does not exits.
Then I used commit just after creating the table and now I could able to find and query the table in the new session as well. Like this:
select * from my_schema.my_tbl;
Hope this would help a few.
Make sure that Table name doesn't contain any trailing whitespaces
Try this: SCHEMA_NAME.TABLE_NAME
I'd suggest checking if you run the migrations or if the table exists in the database.
I tried every good answer ( upvote > 10) but not works.
I met this problem in pgAdmin4.
so my solution is quite simple:
find the target table / scheme.
mouse right click, and click: query-tool
in this new query tool window, you can run your SQL without specifying set search_path to <SCHEMA_NAME>;
you can see the result:

Postgres - Copy Command

I have several text files and would like to import their contents into a table.
Each file must be imported as a record in a table (inside just one field).
For this I created the following code:
create table my_table ("content" text);
copy my_table from '/Users/julio/Desktop/my_file.txt';
I would like the text to be placed in the table exactly as it is in the file, including spaces, tabs, and line breaks.
However when I run the command above, I get the error:
ERROR: extra data after last expected column
I realized that the error in question is because of the tab.
Is there any way to escape these characters?
Thank you!
I solved the problem by making a not very elegant solution.
I uploaded the file using the command:
lo_import
SELECT lo_import ('/ Users / julio / Desktop / myfile.txt');
I imported it into the table using a cast and lo_get:
insert into mytable select convert_from (CAST ((lo_get (1172557)) as bytea), 'latin1');
Delete the file link using lo_unlink:
select lo_unlink (1172557);
Thats it!
I hope I can help someone with the same problem!
Julio

Trim/whitespace issue when load data from Db2 source to Postgresql DB using Talend Open source

We are seeing issue in table value which are populated from DB2 (source) to Postgres (Target).
I have including here all the job details for each component.
Based on the above approach and once the data has been populated, when we run the below query in the Postgres DB.
SELECT * FROM VMRCTTA1.VMRRCUST_SUMM where cust_gssn_cd='XY03666699' ;
SELECT * FROM VMRCTTA1.VMRRCUST_SUMM where cust_cntry_cd='847' ;
There will be no records were returned however, when we run the same query with Trim as below it works.
SELECT * FROM VMRCTTA1.VMRRCUST_SUMM where trim(cust_gssn_cd)='XY03666699' ;
SELECT * FROM VMRCTTA1.VMRRCUST_SUMM where trim(cust_cntry_cd)='847' ;
Below are the ways we have tried to overcome this but no luck.
Used tmap between source and target component.
Used trim in source component under Advanced setting.
Change the datatype in Postgres DB of cust_cntry_cd from char(5) to Character varying, this will allow value without any length restriction.
Please suggest what is missing as we have this issue in almost all the table where we have character/varchar columns.
We are using TOS.
The data type is probably character(5) in DB2.
That means that the trailing spaces are part of the column and will be migrated. You have to compare with
cust_cntry_cd = '847 '
or cast the right argument to character(5):
cust_cntry_cd = CAST ('847' AS character(5))
Maybe you could delete all spaces in the advanced settings of the tDB2Input component.
Like the screen :

How to find column name in table

I'm trying to find a column in a very big table in ORACLE SQL Developer, its really difficult to find it visually.
Is there any easy way to find the column in the table?
For example, in DBeaver its just Tab and then Ctrl + f
Oracle has an awesome data dictionary. Most of the time it will be even faster to write a query that accesses some of its views than use IDE features.
You can get columns from view ALL_TAB_COLUMNS.
SELECT *
FROM ALL_TAB_COLUMNS
WHERE TABLE_NAME = :your_table_name
AND COLUMN_NAME LIKE '%YOUR_SEARCH_STRING%'
As for SQL Developer, you can open table from your connections tree, go to Columns tab and just use Edit -> Find (Ctrl/Cmd + F). Works for me in 4.0.2.15.
I would prefer writing a query is more faster compared to IDE provided buttons and clicks.
If so this would work out.
Use the following.
You can try this via SQL tool that is used by you
select table_name from all_tab_columns where column_name = 'PICK_COLUMN';
Or if you have DBA privileges,
select table_name from dba_tab_columns where column_name = 'PICK_COLUMN';
But if you are not sure about the column names you can add LIKE statements to current query.
Eg:
select table_name from all_tab_columns where column_name LIKE '%PICK_COLUMN%';
There is no search feature in the SQL Developer data grids for finding/navigating to a specific Column, but I'll add that as a feature request.
You may find the Single Record View handy for browsing very WIDE records.
On toolbar, Click View->Find DB Object
Now select the connection, the type and which column the value has to be found in. (NAME,TYPE AND USAGE(ALL))
The tables are displayed, select the table to view the columns having the field you are searching for.
Right click on column header in the data grid, then you have a menu Columns where you can filter columns you want to display
Right click on your connection name.
Then click "Find DB Object" on the context menu.
It will take you to a textbox. Write your column name
And check the box with "Columns".
Then press "enter" or click on "Go".
Then sqldeveloper will search your column and will show you the result [ column name with table name].

Create table with postgreSQL [duplicate]

I'm trying to run the following PHP script to do a simple database query:
$db_host = "localhost";
$db_name = "showfinder";
$username = "user";
$password = "password";
$dbconn = pg_connect("host=$db_host dbname=$db_name user=$username password=$password")
or die('Could not connect: ' . pg_last_error());
$query = 'SELECT * FROM sf_bands LIMIT 10';
$result = pg_query($query) or die('Query failed: ' . pg_last_error());
This produces the following error:
Query failed: ERROR: relation "sf_bands" does not exist
In all the examples I can find where someone gets an error stating the relation does not exist, it's because they use uppercase letters in their table name. My table name does not have uppercase letters. Is there a way to query my table without including the database name, i.e. showfinder.sf_bands?
From what I've read, this error means that you're not referencing the table name correctly. One common reason is that the table is defined with a mixed-case spelling, and you're trying to query it with all lower-case.
In other words, the following fails:
CREATE TABLE "SF_Bands" ( ... );
SELECT * FROM sf_bands; -- ERROR!
Use double-quotes to delimit identifiers so you can use the specific mixed-case spelling as the table is defined.
SELECT * FROM "SF_Bands";
Re your comment, you can add a schema to the "search_path" so that when you reference a table name without qualifying its schema, the query will match that table name by checked each schema in order. Just like PATH in the shell or include_path in PHP, etc. You can check your current schema search path:
SHOW search_path
"$user",public
You can change your schema search path:
SET search_path TO showfinder,public;
See also http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/ddl-schemas.html
I had problems with this and this is the story (sad but true) :
If your table name is all lower case like : accounts
you can use: select * from AcCounTs and it will work fine
If your table name is all lower case like : accounts
The following will fail:
select * from "AcCounTs"
If your table name is mixed case like : Accounts
The following will fail:
select * from accounts
If your table name is mixed case like : Accounts
The following will work OK:
select * from "Accounts"
I dont like remembering useless stuff like this but you have to ;)
Postgres process query different from other RDMS. Put schema name in double quote before your table name like this, "SCHEMA_NAME"."SF_Bands"
Put the dbname parameter in your connection string. It works for me while everything else failed.
Also when doing the select, specify the your_schema.your_table like this:
select * from my_schema.your_table
If a table name contains underscores or upper case, you need to surround it in double-quotes.
SELECT * from "Table_Name";
I had a similar problem on OSX but tried to play around with double and single quotes. For your case, you could try something like this
$query = 'SELECT * FROM "sf_bands"'; // NOTE: double quotes on "sf_Bands"
This is realy helpfull
SET search_path TO schema,public;
I digged this issues more, and found out about how to set this "search_path" by defoult for a new user in current database.
Open DataBase Properties then open Sheet "Variables"
and simply add this variable for your user with actual value.
So now your user will get this schema_name by defoult and you could use tableName without schemaName.
You must write schema name and table name in qutotation mark. As below:
select * from "schemaName"."tableName";
I had the same issue as above and I am using PostgreSQL 10.5.
I tried everything as above but nothing seems to be working.
Then I closed the pgadmin and opened a session for the PSQL terminal.
Logged into the PSQL and connected to the database and schema respectively :
\c <DATABASE_NAME>;
set search_path to <SCHEMA_NAME>;
Then, restarted the pgadmin console and then I was able to work without issue in the query-tool of the pagadmin.
For me the problem was, that I had used a query to that particular table while Django was initialized. Of course it will then throw an error, because those tables did not exist. In my case, it was a get_or_create method within a admin.py file, that was executed whenever the software ran any kind of operation (in this case the migration). Hope that helps someone.
In addition to Bill Karwin's answer =>
Yes, you should surround the table name with double quotes. However, be aware that most probably php will not allow you to just write simply:
$query = "SELECT * FROM "SF_Bands"";
Instead, you should use single quotes while surrounding the query as sav said.
$query = 'SELECT * FROM "SF_Bands"';
You have to add the schema first e.g.
SELECT * FROM place.user_place;
If you don't want to add that in all queries then try this:
SET search_path TO place;
Now it will works:
SELECT * FROM user_place;
Easiest workaround is Just change the table name and all column names to lowercase and your issue will be resolved.
For example:
Change Table_Name to table_name and
Change ColumnName to columnname
It might be silly for a few, but in my case - once I created the table I could able to query the table on the same session, but if I relogin with new session table does not exits.
Then I used commit just after creating the table and now I could able to find and query the table in the new session as well. Like this:
select * from my_schema.my_tbl;
Hope this would help a few.
Make sure that Table name doesn't contain any trailing whitespaces
Try this: SCHEMA_NAME.TABLE_NAME
I'd suggest checking if you run the migrations or if the table exists in the database.
I tried every good answer ( upvote > 10) but not works.
I met this problem in pgAdmin4.
so my solution is quite simple:
find the target table / scheme.
mouse right click, and click: query-tool
in this new query tool window, you can run your SQL without specifying set search_path to <SCHEMA_NAME>;
you can see the result: