Re: pg_dump fails with "ERROR: cache lookup failed for index 1531353157"

One solution is to run vacuum and reindex and the db before pg_dump.
The second thing to do (it's risky I admit) is to create a file with
this name and filling it with zeros. The pg_dump should run without
problems.

2010/9/24 Benjamin Arai, Ph.D. <benjamin@araisoft.com>:
> The file does not exist. What does that mean?
>
>
> gi000=# select * from pg_class WHERE relfilenode=1531353157;
>
> relname | relnamespace | reltype | relowner | relam | relfilenode |
> reltablespace | relpages | reltuples | reltoastrelid | reltoastidxid |
> relhasindex | relisshared | relkind | relnatts | relchecks | reltriggers |
> relukeys | relfkeys | relrefs | relhasoids | relhaspkey | relhasrules |
> relhassubclass | relacl
>
>
---------+--------------+---------+----------+-------+-------------+---------------+----------+-----------+---------------+---------------+-------------+-------------+---------+----------+-----------+-------------+----------+----------+---------+------------+------------+-------------+----------------+--------
>
> On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 2:27 PM, Lukasz Brodziak <lukasz.brodziak@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> First thing I would do is checking wether the relation exists (e.g. by
>> checking pg_class for the relfilenode of the relation and then finding
>> it physically in PGDATA folder) or checking wether the file is
>> corrupted for example by finding the name and type of the relation and
>> trying to make some manipulation involving it (e.g. selecting data if
>> it is a table).
>>
>> 2010/9/21 Benjamin Arai, Ph.D. <benjamin@araisoft.com>:
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > The server is still running but pg_dumps output the following error.
>> > What
>> > should I do?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Benjamin
>> >
>> > OUTPUT:
>> >
>> > pg_dump: SQL command failed
>> > pg_dump: Error message from server: ERROR:  cache lookup failed for
>> > index
>> > 1531353157
>> > pg_dump: The command was: SELECT t.tableoid, t.oid, t.relname as
>> > indexname,
>> > pg_catalog.pg_get_indexdef(i.indexrelid) as indexdef, t.relnatts as
>> > indnkeys, i.indkey, i.indisclustered, c.contype, c.conname, c.tableoid
>> > as
>> > contableoid, c.oid as conoid, (SELECT spcname FROM
>> > pg_catalog.pg_tablespace
>> > s WHERE s.oid = t.reltablespace) as tablespace FROM pg_catalog.pg_index
>> > i
>> > JOIN pg_catalog.pg_class t ON (t.oid = i.indexrelid) LEFT JOIN
>> > pg_catalog.pg_depend d ON (d.classid = t.tableoid AND d.objid = t.oid
>> > AND
>> > d.deptype = 'i') LEFT JOIN pg_catalog.pg_constraint c ON (d.refclassid =
>> > c.tableoid AND d.refobjid = c.oid) WHERE i.indrelid =
>> > '1531340182'::pg_catalog.oid ORDER BY indexname
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Łukasz Brodziak
>> II MU Bioinformatyka
>
>



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Łukasz Brodziak
II MU Bioinformatyka