# Groups not saving to shared database

**URL:** <https://discourse.jabref.org/t/groups-not-saving-to-shared-database/3781>\
**Category:** Help\
**Tags:** groups\
**Created:** [April 8, 2023, 11:38am UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/groups-not-saving-to-shared-database/3781 "2023-04-08T11:38:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![Tal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/54ee81/32.png) [@Tal](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/Tal)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2023, 11:38am UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/groups-not-saving-to-shared-database/3781/1 "2023-04-08T11:38:31Z")

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I use a shared PostGres database.  
When I make a group and exit JabRef the group will be gone when I start JabRef again and connect to the shared database.  
Als saving the database to a local drive doesn;t seem to include the groups.  
How can I use groups with a shared online database?

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**Author:** ![Siedlerchr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/siedlerchr/32/216_2.png) [@Siedlerchr](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/Siedlerchr)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2023, 6:36pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/groups-not-saving-to-shared-database/3781/2 "2023-04-10T18:36:08Z")

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Hi,

can you share some more details? Which version of JabRef are you using and which postgres`?

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**Author:** ![Tal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/54ee81/32.png) [@Tal](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/Tal)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 3:52pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/groups-not-saving-to-shared-database/3781/3 "2023-04-11T15:52:05Z")

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Hi,

I’m using JabRef 5.9 and Postgres 13.10 (from [heliohost.org](http://heliohost.org)).  
Thanks for your time.

Regards, Tal

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**Author:** ![Siedlerchr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/siedlerchr/32/216_2.png) [@Siedlerchr](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/Siedlerchr)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 6:48pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/groups-not-saving-to-shared-database/3781/4 "2023-04-11T18:48:11Z")

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Hm,. I checked both 5.9 and 5.10 latest dev version with elephantsql 11.18. And also tested local version 14. Both versions are fine

Please note that with 5.9 the table’s schemas have changed, all tables are now in schema `jabref`.

You can otherwise try to execute the query: SELECT \* FROM “jabref”.“METADATA” LIMIT 100 it should show you the group information as well as other metadata.

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**Author:** ![Tal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/54ee81/32.png) [@Tal](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/Tal)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2023, 5:31pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/groups-not-saving-to-shared-database/3781/5 "2023-04-16T17:31:35Z")

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> [@Siedlerchr](#):
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> SELECT \* FROM “jabref”.“METADATA” LIMIT 100

I have no idea how to do that.

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**Author:** ![Siedlerchr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/siedlerchr/32/216_2.png) [@Siedlerchr](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/Siedlerchr)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2023, 6:57pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/groups-not-saving-to-shared-database/3781/6 "2023-04-16T18:57:07Z")

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I don’t know anything about this hoster, but you can try to connect using [https://www.pgadmin.org/](https://www.pgadmin.org/) and then execute the SQL statement for the database

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**Author:** ![InAnYan](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/inanyan/32/1845_2.png) [@InAnYan](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/InAnYan)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2024, 6:21pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/groups-not-saving-to-shared-database/3781/7 "2024-10-09T18:21:51Z")

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I also have this issue.

I wanted to transfer my local library to the Postgres shared library. I did via 1) copy-paste, 2) import.

In both cases groups where not transfered

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**Author:** ![ThiloteE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/thilotee/32/1008_2.png) [@ThiloteE](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/ThiloteE)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2024, 4:52pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/groups-not-saving-to-shared-database/3781/8 "2024-11-03T16:52:26Z")

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This is probably an issue that should be on GitHub.