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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Brian Cox <brian.cox@ca.com>
Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org <pgsql-performance@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: "could not open relation..."
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 00:29:06 -0400
Message-ID: <21663.1270873746@sss.pgh.pa.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4BBF8357.6010908@ca.com>
References: <4BBF8357.6010908@ca.com>

Brian Cox <brian.cox@ca.com> writes:
> I saw this in the postgres log. Anyone know what would cause this?
> Thanks, Brian

> postgres 8.3.5 on RHEL4 update 6

> [3358-cemdb-admin-2010-04-09 04:00:19.029 PDT]ERROR:  could not open 
> relation with OID 170592

Seems a bit off-topic for pgsql-performance, but anyway: the main
known cause for that is if one of the tables used in the query got
dropped (by another session) just after the query started.  Could
that have happened to you?

			regards, tom lane



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