# Relation "selected" does not exist with external Postgres

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/relation-selected-does-not-exist-with-external-postgres/123761>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [July 23, 2019, 6:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/relation-selected-does-not-exist-with-external-postgres/123761 "2019-07-23T18:01:08Z")\
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> [@jhuddle1](#):
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> When I go to the discourse database, there is no ‘selected’ table present.

That is expected, `selected` in this case is a [CTE](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/10/queries-with.html).

> [@jhuddle1](#):
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> I already have a postgres server running elsewhere

What is the PostgreSQL version “elsewhere” ?

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