Re: pg_dump: schema with OID xxxxxxxx does not exist

Tom Lane wrote:
> Peter Neish <peter(at)austehc(dot)unimelb(dot)edu(dot)au> writes:
>
>> entity_browse_bid_seq | 37647910 | 1005 | 4 | t |
>> c | t | , | 37894096 | 0 | record_in |
>> record_out | record_recv | record_send | i | p |
>> f | 0 | -1 | 0 | |
>> entity_browse | 37647910 | 1005 | 4 | t |
>> c | t | , | 37894098 | 0 | record_in |
>> record_out | record_recv | record_send | i | p |
>> f | 0 | -1 | 0 | |
>> (2 rows)
>>
>
>
>> Does this mean that I can just delete these rows from this table for the
>> dump to work? Will deleting these rows affect anything else?
>>
>
> These are composite-type entries, which means there should be
> associated entries in pg_class --- with OIDs 37894096 and 37894098
> respectively. Did you check to see if those are still there?
>

Yes, they are there. Can I safely delete the rows from both the pg_type
and the pg_class tables?

> We've seen scattered reports of table rowtype entries not being removed
> when the owning table is dropped, but no one's ever been able to make a
> reproducible case :-(. Do you know anything about the history or usage
> of these tables?
>
I am afraid I inherited this database from a previous admin, so I know
nothing of its history - sorry...

Peter.