installed rpm's not in database

[Gary Shears <gshears home com>]

$ rpm --version
RPM version 4.0

$ rpm -q rpm*
package rpm-4.0-0.45.i386.rpm is not installed
package rpm-4.0-0.67.6x.i386.rpm is not installed
package rpm-build-4.0-0.67.6x.i386.rpm is not installed
package rpm-devel-4.0-0.67.6x.i386.rpm is not installed
package rpm-python-4.0-0.67.6x.i386.rpm is not installed

I installed these per Jeff Johnson's instructions a few weeks ago but,
obviously, they are not in the database. How do I fix this? 
They appear to be installed, since I've installed several rpm's since with no
problem.

Gary