Re: reindexdb program error under PG 8.1.3

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: David Wall <d(dot)wall(at)computer(dot)org>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: reindexdb program error under PG 8.1.3
Date: 2006-05-25 20:06:48
Message-ID: 15444.1148587608@sss.pgh.pa.us
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David Wall <d(dot)wall(at)computer(dot)org> writes:
> When I create a brand new database and then run the reindexdb program
> under PG 8.1.3, I get the follow error:

> reindexdb: reindexing of database "xxxx" failed: ERROR: could not open
> relation with OID 41675

> I'm not sure what this error is since we have not even added any data
> yet. Is this something that's misconfigured in the template1 database
> (we have not customized it), something we're doing wrong, or is this
> "normal"?

I think you've done something to template1, even though you say you
haven't. Out-of-the-box, an 8.1.3 database won't have any OIDs assigned
above about 11000, so OID 41675 would have to belong to a user-created
object. Look in template1 and see if you see a table with that OID.

regards, tom lane

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