Re: cannot drop a tablespace which never exists in pg_tablespace

From: Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>
To: Bharani SV-forum <esteembsv-forum(at)yahoo(dot)com>, pgsql-general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: cannot drop a tablespace which never exists in pg_tablespace
Date: 2024-12-19 23:46:06
Message-ID: 8833d8c7-3713-4d6f-9eab-35270e769564@aklaver.com
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On 12/19/24 15:36, Bharani SV-forum wrote:
>
> cannot drop a tablespace which never exists in pg_tablespace
>
> I remember i had create previously an tablespace named " mq_data" , but
> cannot find in pg_tablespace listing.
>
> if i try to create the same tablespace name, it is giving error as "
> already in use as a tablespace"
> how to force drop the pointer entry and the tablespace from postgres

From:

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/manage-ag-tablespaces.html

"The directory $PGDATA/pg_tblspc contains symbolic links that point to
each of the non-built-in tablespaces defined in the cluster."

Is there a symlink at the above location?

Does the directory in the image have files?

>
> Inline image
>

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Adrian Klaver
adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com

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