I am forwarding this on behalf of [EMAIL PROTECTED] who is at a client site and cannot email. He's found a solution to the problem but wants to know if there are any other issues. Hopefully, this will document the problem/solution in one tidy place.
Please cc any replies to both him and me. ### Hi there :) I'm having a problem updating from a default Mandrake 8.0 postresql (7.0.3) insallation to 7.3. When I run pg_dump/pg_dumpall I get error "failed sanity check, table trading was not found" This is an installation I did for a client over a year ago and they have java apps using it. They also "maintain" the database accesslists. I only fix things that break. I did a search and found a mail stating that its possibly related to a deleted user having ownership of the table. "http://www.geocrawler.com/mail/msg.php3?msg_id=5653159&list=10"; I checked and indeed the owner that created the table no longer exists. Unfortunately I have no idea who that user was. I have also tried to change the pg_user with a new user to match the missing sysid and pg_tables setting to match a valid user sysid, but cannot seem to change them. I desperately need this database dumped and moved. can anybody give some insign into how I can get around the problem? Thank you Henti Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------- End of forwarded message ------- Just before I sent this email, Henti told me of this solution which he arrived at: ### thanks for [EMAIL PROTECTED] and all the guys on #postgresql (irc.openprojects.org) for all their help and suggestions. The problem is solved. 1.) psql dbname 2.) select * from pg_table; this lists all th detaild of the tables in the DB. some might have owner set to "unknown (sysid=xx)" this is the problem. (note the sysid number) 3.) createuser -i xx (sysid user of the unknown table owner) 4.) pg_dump / pg_dumpall This solves the "failed sanity check, table XXXXXX was not found" error when running pg_dump / pg_dumpall ------- End of forwarded message ------- Feedback on this solution is appreciated. -- Dan Langille : http://www.langille.org/ ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
