Hi, I have strange stability problems. I can't access a table (the table is different each time I get the problem, it could be a system table (pg_am), or a user defined one): Can't "select *" the whole table but can "select * limit x offset y", so it appears that only a tuple is in bad status. I can't vacuum or pg_dump this table too. The error disappears after waiting some time.
I get the following error in log when select the 'bad' line: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- 2002-11-05 11:26:42 [3062] DEBUG: server process (pid 4551) was terminated by signal 11 2002-11-05 11:26:42 [3062] DEBUG: terminating any other active server processes 2002-11-05 11:26:42 [4555] FATAL 1: The database system is in recovery mode 2002-11-05 11:26:42 [3062] DEBUG: all server processes terminated; reinitializing shared memory and semaphores 2002-11-05 11:26:42 [4557] DEBUG: database system was interrupted at 2002-11-05 11:23:00 CET ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- I get the following error in log when vacuuming the 'bad' table: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- 2002-11-05 14:46:44 [5768] FATAL 2: failed to add item with len = 191 to page 150 (free space 4294967096, nusd 0, noff 0) 2002-11-05 14:46:44 [5569] DEBUG: server process (pid 5768) exited with exit code 2 2002-11-05 14:46:44 [5569] DEBUG: terminating any other active server processes 2002-11-05 14:46:44 [5771] NOTICE: Message from PostgreSQL backend: The Postmaster has informed me that some other backend died abnormally and possibly corrupted shared memory. I have rolled back the current transaction and am going to terminate your database system connection and exit. Please reconnect to the database system and repeat your query. 2002-11-05 14:46:44 [5772] NOTICE: Message from PostgreSQL backend: The Postmaster has informed me that some other backend died abnormally and possibly corrupted shared memory. I have rolled back the current transaction and am going to terminate your database system connection and exit. Please reconnect to the database system and repeat your query. 2002-11-05 14:46:44 [5569] DEBUG: all server processes terminated; reinitializing shared memory and semaphores 2002-11-05 14:46:44 [5774] DEBUG: database system was interrupted at 2002-11-05 14:46:40 CET ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- template1=# select version(); PostgreSQL 7.2.1 on i686-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by GCC 2.96 Is it a lock problem? Is there a way to log it? Thanks for all making such a good job. Nicolas VERGER ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly