Re: cannot drop a tablespace which never exists in pg_tablespace

On 12/19/24 15:36, Bharani SV-forum wrote:
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> cannot drop a tablespace which never exists in pg_tablespace
> 
> I remember i had create previously an tablespace named " mq_data" , but 
> cannot find in pg_tablespace listing.
> 
> if i try to create the same tablespace name, it is giving error as " 
> already in use as a tablespace"
> how to force drop the pointer entry and the tablespace from postgres

From:

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/manage-ag-tablespaces.html

"The directory $PGDATA/pg_tblspc contains symbolic links that point to 
each of the non-built-in tablespaces defined in the cluster."

Is there a symlink at the above location?

Does the directory in the image have files?


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