[HACKERS] change of table name - any help

[chakkara rangarajan]

Hi All, We have a development server running OS – Linux development-server 2.4.20-openmosix-r4 #1 SMP Mon May 19 02:32:52 PDT 2003 i686 Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 2.40GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux Database - PostgreSQL 7.3 on i686-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by GCC gcc (GCC) 3.2.1     We have a table ctcert_name under postgres DB(postgres schema and postgres user is the owner). Suddenly, this object started missing from the DB (I am the only Person who connects to that server and did not drop/renamed it). When I tried to recreate the same table, the system threw me back an error, saying that “postgres.ctcert_name” already exists. I am neither able to drop or rename the table.   checked the DB logs and there is no drop/rename table statement in that. I have the transaction logs, but not able to read, as they are not in the human readable format. How can I decipher from the txn logs, if it captures the change management.   Can somebody please tell me, what cud have gone wrong and is the error is reproduceable? What is the solution for this kind of problem. Your efforts are greatly appreciated.   Rgds --Ranga