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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Craig A. James <cjames@modgraph-usa.com>
Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Can't drop tablespace or user after disk gone
Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2007 12:57:13 -0400
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"Craig A. James" <cjames@modgraph-usa.com> writes:
> I had a 'scratch' database for testing, which I deleted, and then disk went out.  No problem, no precious data.  But now I can't drop the tablespace, or the user who had that as the default tablespace.
> I thought about removing the tablespace from pg_tablespaces, but it seems wrong to be monkeying with the system tables.  I still can't drop the user, and can't drop the tablespace.  What's the right way to clear out Postgres when a disk fails and there's no reason to repair the disk?

Probably best to make a dummy postgres-owned directory somewhere and
repoint the symlink at it, then DROP TABLESPACE.

CVS HEAD has recently been tweaked to be more forgiving of such cases...

			regards, tom lane



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