Re: Odd pg dump error: cache lookup failure

On 2020-Aug-24, Wells Oliver wrote:

> My pg_dump scripts have been bombing lately, and this is the error I see a
> bit into the backup process:
>
> pg_dump: error: query failed: ERROR: cache lookup failed for attribute 1
> of relation 1152770777

What pg version is this, and can you run the query directly using psql
and have it throw the same error? What do
select * from pg_class where oid = '1152770777'
and
select * from pg_attribute where attrelid = '1152770777'
show? If the latter fails to show an entry for attnum=1, does it
magically appear if you do
SET enable_indexscan=off;
SET enable_bitmapscan=off;
prior to running the query?

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