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Unable to see character columns when querying pg_tables using oracle gateway dblink to postgresql 8.

edited Sep 12, 2013 6:44AM in Gateways, Oracle Lite, Oracle DB Mob. Server, TimesTen (MOSC) 2 commentsAnswered ✓
I have established a working dblink from oracle 11g to Postgresql 8.4 and 9.1.  When I query a user table I receive character data; however, when I query pg_tables to get a listing of postresql tables, only the numeric columns show data.  The tablename and schemaname are blank.  How can I get the tablename to display?  Below it the example I tried:

SQL> select * from "pg_tables"@POSTGRESQL2 where "tablename" not like 'pg_%';

s t t t hasindexes   hasrules hastriggers
- - - - ---------- ---------- -----------
                 0          0           0
                 0          0           0
                 0          0           0
                 0          0           0
                 0          0           0
                 0          0           0
                 1          0           0
                 1          0           0
                 0          0           0
                 0          0           0
                 0          0           0
If I query a user created test table called foo I see the character data:

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