Re: pg_dump failed

On Tue, 7 May 2002, Gaetano Mendola wrote:

> Hi all,
> performing a pg_dump I obtain this error
>
> $ pg_dump empdb > dacan.sql
> getTables(): SELECT (for VIEW DEFINITION) failed.  Explanation from backend:
> ERROR:  cache lookup for proc 117968 failed
>
>
> Anyone have an idea ?

Is it possible that you've got a view referencing a deleted function?
Turning on query logging and seeing what it was trying to do immediately
before the message is probably advisable.