Re: cannot drop a tablespace which never exists in pg_tablespace

 Adrian

initially i had created tblspace outside pg_data env variablee.g PG_DATA env variable is defined to /XXX/YYYY/ABC/15/data
the tablespace was created under   /XXX/YYYY/ABC/15/tblspace/<<tbl_spcname>>/assume tablespace name is abc_data
cd /XXX/YYYY/ABC/15/tblspace/abc_data/ls -atldrwxr-x---. 2 postgres postgres  6 Dec 19 22:08 PG_15_202209061
 ls -altRdrwxr-x---. 2 postgres postgres  6 Dec 19 22:08 PG_15_202209061
i reconfirmedSELECT * FROM pg_tablespace ; oid  |  spcname   | spcowner | spcacl | spcoptions------+------------+----------+--------+------------ 1663 | pg_default |       10 |        | 1664 | pg_global  |       10 |        |
not having any entry about tablespace abc_data
Can you guide



    On Thursday, December 19, 2024 at 06:46:33 PM EST, Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@aklaver.com> wrote:  
 
 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?


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Adrian Klaver
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