pg_views view doesn't work - Mailing list pgsql-general

Hi all,

I am having a problem with the "pg_views" view.  It seems that the
internal function pg_get_viewdef() is the problem.  See below.

This problem is preventing me from dumping the database (either as 1
export or 1 table at a time).  I have recreated the database, but the
problem seems to have come back again last night.  If I create a new
database now the problem doesn't happen.

Thanks
Jim

TEST=# select version();
                               version
---------------------------------------------------------------------
 PostgreSQL 7.1.2 on i686-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by GCC egcs-2.91.66
(1 row)


TEST=# select * from pg_views;
ERROR:  cache lookup for proc 189295778 failed
TEST=#

TEST=# \d pg_views
       View "pg_views"
 Attribute  | Type | Modifier
------------+------+----------
 viewname   | name |
 viewowner  | name |
 definition | text |
View definition: SELECT c.relname AS viewname,
pg_get_userbyid(c.relowner) AS viewowner, pg_get_viewdef(c.relname) AS
definition FROM pg_class c WHERE (c.relkind = 'v'::"char");

TEST=# select pg_get_viewdef(c.relname) from pg_class c;
ERROR:  cache lookup for proc 189295778 failed
TEST=#