Error: could not read symbolic link "pg_tblspc/940585". No such file or directory - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Guillaume Drolet
Subject Error: could not read symbolic link "pg_tblspc/940585". No such file or directory
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Msg-id CAOkiyv5AC-oPSz-bZSEBrK9bVEgzoYSNx0AY8hA_3NWEw1gm5Q@mail.gmail.com
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Responses Re: Error: could not read symbolic link "pg_tblspc/940585". No such file or directory  (Igor Neyman <ineyman@perceptron.com>)
List pgsql-general
Dear list users,

I moved a database from a tablespace I had created to pg_default using:

ALTER DATABASE mydatabase SET TABLESPACE pg_default;

After the database was fully copied to a new directory under PGDATA/base, I deleted the symbolic link to the old tablespace using (in Windows) rmdir PGDATA/pg_tblspc/940585. I chose to delete this now useless symlink because of an error when running pg_basebackup (something about a non-empty directory under the symlink).

Now, when I start pgAdmin and connect to my cluster, I get the following pop-up message (free translation from French):

An error has occurred:

ERROR: could not read symbolic link "pg_tblspc/940585": No such file or directory.

If I click OK on the pop-up, the connection is made and everything looks good (i.e. I can access my databases, tables, etc.). My question is: where do I have to look to delete a reference to this obsolete symbolic link/tablespace in pgAdmin or PGSQL?

Thanks a lot for your help,

Guillaume


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