jerome <jerome(at)gmanmi(dot)tv> writes:
> i was running postgres in foreground while doing a vaccum.. the vaccum didnt
> finish its job because of a power failure...
> i tried to reconnect to the db and i got this error when i issue a \d
> (hoping to see the tables..)
> ERROR: Cache lookup failed for relation 5741599
> is there a way to retrieve my data..??
You might find that reindexing the system indexes will get you out of
trouble. See the REINDEX man page for the detailed procedure to follow;
it's a bit messy...
regards, tom lane