Gourish Singbal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Got the following ERROR when i was vacuuming the template0 database.

Why were you doing that in the first place?  template0 shouldn't ever
be touched.

> postgresql server version is 7.4.5

The underlying cause is likely related to this 7.4.6 bug fix:

2004-10-13 18:22  tgl

        * contrib/pgstattuple/pgstattuple.c,
        src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c,
        src/backend/utils/adt/ri_triggers.c (REL7_4_STABLE): Repair
        possible failure to update hint bits back to disk, per
        http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2004-10/msg00464.php. 
        I plan a more permanent fix in HEAD, but for the back branches it
        seems best to just touch the places that actually have a problem.


> INFO:  vacuuming "pg_catalog.pg_statistic"
> ERROR:  could not access status of transaction 1107341112
> DETAIL:  could not open file "/home/postgres/data/pg_clog/0420": No such
> file or directory

Fortunately for you, pg_statistic doesn't contain any irreplaceable
data.  So you could get out of this via

        TRUNCATE pg_statistic;
        VACUUM ANALYZE;  -- rebuild contents of pg_statistic
        VACUUM FREEZE;   -- make sure template0 needs no further vacuuming

Then reset template0's datallowconn to false, and get rid of that code
to override it.  And then update to a more recent release ;-)

(I don't recall exactly what rules 7.4 uses, but likely you'll find that
you need to run a standalone backend with -O switch to perform
TRUNCATE on a system catalog.)

                        regards, tom lane

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