> Hmmm. What did you do to "delete that table" exactly? The crash To tell the truth, I delete the table using Windows PgAdmin. I guess it has done the same operation, hasn't it?
> suggests that there is a row in pg_rewrite that links to a nonexistent > row in pg_class. It'd be better if pg_dump emitted a more useful > failure message, of course, It would be nice if pg_dump could backup the information from other tables, not only showing failure message. > but the real question is how did your system catalogs get into such a state ... I agree. I ask people at #postgres for tools to check state of the DB, if structure is alive or corrupt, because in other cases I could only guess that something is wrong when pg_dump fails. Would you like me to send you a copy of data? ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq