pg_dump: schema with OID 16396 does not exist

[RW <postgres(at)tauceti(dot)net>]

Hi everybody,

I have a problem with pg_dump. After dropping a database (DROP DATABASE ...)
I've created the database again (CREATE DATABASE ...) and restored a 
dump which
we create every night. No problem so far and import was no problem and 
without errors.

But now it isn't possible to make a backup because of the following error:

pg_dump: schema with OID 16396 does not exist

Postgres version is 8.1.4 and OS is Redhet ES 4 U3. I've already had the 
same problem
on a completely different database (Version 8.1.3) on a different host 
same szenario. But in
this case I've had the possibility to drop the entire cluster, started a 
initdb and do the restore.
Problem solved. This is not possible with this cluster so I need a real 
solution for the problem.

When I look at pg_namespace

mps_dev=# select * from pg_namespace ;
     nspname       | nspowner |                        nspacl
--------------------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------
pg_toast           |       10 |
pg_temp_1          |       10 |
pg_catalog         |       10 | {postgres=UC/postgres,=U/postgres}
information_schema |       10 | {postgres=UC/postgres,=U/postgres}
as_mps_d_p         |    16387 |
cms_mps_d_p        |    16389 | 
{cms_mps_d_p=UC/cms_mps_d_p,as_mps_d_p=U/cms_mps_d_p}
public             |       10 | {postgres=UC/postgres,=UC/postgres}
(7 rows)

there is no nspacl for schema as_mps_d_p. Seems strange to me.

Thanks for any hint.
- Robert