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#1 (**permalink**) 04-10-2008, 08:17 AM

Greetings,

Can someone help me with the syntax for running a postgres function
from the within psql? I need to know the size of several databases.
The postgres documentation says there is a function that will do what
I need. The function is pg_database_size(name). I tried select
pg_database-_size(km). The response I get says there is no column
"km". I think I must be using the wrong syntax, but haven't found a
reference to what the correct syntax is.

Thanks,
Carol Walter

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#2 (**permalink**) 04-10-2008, 08:17 AM

select datid from pg_stat_database where datname='km';
select database_size(that_id);

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Greetings,

Can someone help me with the syntax for running a postgres function
from the within psql? I need to know the size of several databases.
The postgres documentation says there is a function that will do what
I need. The function is pg_database_size(name). I tried select
pg_database-_size(km). The response I get says there is no column
"km". I think I must be using the wrong syntax, but haven't found a
reference to what the correct syntax is.

Thanks,
Carol Walter

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#3 (**permalink**) 04-10-2008, 08:17 AM

You need to put the database name in single quotes:

select pg_database_size('km');

Regards,
Alex.

Carol Walter wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> Can someone help me with the syntax for running a postgres function
> from the within psql? I need to know the size of several databases.
> The postgres documentation says there is a function that will do what
> I need. The function is pg_database_size(name). I tried select
> pg_database-_size(km). The response I get says there is no column
> "km". I think I must be using the wrong syntax, but haven't found a
> reference to what the correct syntax is.
>
> Thanks,
> Carol Walter
>
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