Can you please show the dbserver logs and syslog at the same time when it goes out of memory...
Also how much is available RAM you have and the SHMMAX set? ------------ Shoaib Mir EnterpriseDB (www.enterprisedb.com) On 12/15/06, Thomas Markus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi, i'm running pg 8.1.0 on a debian linux (64bit) box (dual xeon 8gb ram) pg_dump creates an error when exporting a large table with blobs (largest blob is 180mb) error is: pg_dump: ERROR: out of memory DETAIL: Failed on request of size 1073741823. pg_dump: SQL command to dump the contents of table "downloads" failed: PQendcopy() failed. pg_dump: Error message from server: ERROR: out of memory DETAIL: Failed on request of size 1073741823. pg_dump: The command was: COPY public.downloads ... TO stdout; if i try pg_dump with -d dump runs with all types (c,t,p), but i cant restore (out of memory error or corrupt tar header at ...) how can i backup (and restore) such a db? kr Thomas ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org