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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p>> If I try to connect to another database in the same instance (gisdb) I get <o:p></o:p></p><p>> FATAL: database "gisdb" does not exist.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Hmm strange it says the database doesn’t exist.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>You confirmed the port is right the 5433 port (not 5432).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Just still sounds like it’s trying to connect to the wrong service or server still.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>I’d triple check the connection settings, make sure the port and IP/hostname is right.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt'><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> postgis-users [mailto:postgis-users-bounces@lists.osgeo.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Simon SPDBA Greener<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 29, 2022 6:54 PM<br><b>To:</b> postgis-users@lists.osgeo.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [postgis-users] No extension<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p>Regina,<o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>This I suppose could be a permission issue or search path one.</span><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><p>I used pgAdmin 4 to set the search_path parameter to "$user", public, topology for all the databases.<o:p></o:p></p><p>Didn't seem to make a difference.<o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> Are you using the same account in QGIS to connect as you are in pgAdmin?</span><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><p>Yes, I believe so. All connections use the postgres user who owns all the databases.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Are you connecting from QGIS PostGIS layers or via QGIS DBManager menu option?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Both.<br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> If you haven’t tried DBManager, I would try that to see what tables you are able to see. That should give you a clue if it’s a permission issue.</span><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><p>When I connection using DBManager to one of the databases (dfdb) in the instance I still get the following message....<o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='color:#DC7D00'>2022-09-30T08:35:24 WARNING </span>Database connection was successful, but the accessible tables could not be determined.<o:p></o:p></p><p>If I try to connect to another database in the same instance (gisdb) I get <o:p></o:p></p><p>FATAL: database "gisdb" does not exist.<o:p></o:p></p><p>Sorry if this is not that helpful.<o:p></o:p></p><p>regards<o:p></o:p></p><p>Simon<o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt'><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> postgis-users [<a href="mailto:postgis-users-bounces@lists.osgeo.org">mailto:postgis-users-bounces@lists.osgeo.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Simon SPDBA Greener<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 29, 2022 2:03 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:postgis-users@lists.osgeo.org">postgis-users@lists.osgeo.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [postgis-users] No extension</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p>Regina,<o:p></o:p></p><p>Thanks for the reply.<o:p></o:p></p><p>> <span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>What does </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>> SELECT * FROM geometry_columns;<br><br>> Return. I’m guessing maybe QGIS is complaining about lack of spatial tables.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>It returns a data grid showing all the spatial layers.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p>> <span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Looked like your PostgreSQL 13 is running on 5432, you could just disable it. I assume it’s maybe still running in services?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>The strange thing was that it had been uninstalled. I removed the rogue connection in PgAdmin 4 and it fixed the problem.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p>In my new instance I created a database for each of the backup databases, execute "create extension postgis" for all of them, then restored the original data from the backups successfully. I am still getting this in qGIS logs...<o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='color:#DC7D00'>2022-09-29T14:38:36 WARNING </span>No PostGIS support in the database.<o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='color:#DC7D00'>2022-09-29T14:38:36 WARNING </span>Database connection was successful, but the accessible tables could not be determined.<o:p></o:p></p><p>regards<o:p></o:p></p><p>Simon<o:p></o:p></p><pre>-- <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Simon Greener<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>39 Cliff View Drive, Allens Rivulet, 7150, Tasmania, Australia<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>(m) +61 418 396 391<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>(w) <a href="http://www.spdba.com.au">www.spdba.com.au</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>(m) <a href="mailto:simon@spdba.com.au">simon@spdba.com.au</a><o:p></o:p></pre></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><pre>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>postgis-users mailing list<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="mailto:postgis-users@lists.osgeo.org">postgis-users@lists.osgeo.org</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/postgis-users">https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/postgis-users</a><o:p></o:p></pre></blockquote><pre>-- <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Simon Greener<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>39 Cliff View Drive, Allens Rivulet, 7150, Tasmania, Australia<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>(m) +61 418 396 391<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>(w) <a href="http://www.spdba.com.au">www.spdba.com.au</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>(m) <a href="mailto:simon@spdba.com.au">simon@spdba.com.au</a><o:p></o:p></pre></div></div></body></html>