"Josh Harrison" <joshques@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > When i try to give this query > UPDATE payment > SET desc='New description' > WHERE payment_id='xyz' > I got the error > ERROR: could not open relation with OID 672178 Hmm, there apparently *is* a pg_class row for relation 'payment', else you'd not get this far, and I'll bet it's got OID 672178 --- try "select oid from pg_class where relname = 'payment'" to see. If so, it seems likely that this is just an index corruption and you can get out of it by REINDEXing pg_class_oid_index. Depending on what PG version you are using, that may require special setup --- read the REINDEX reference page *for your version* before proceeding. What version is it, anyway, and what were you doing before you got this error the first time? This isn't exactly an everyday type of problem. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org/