[ADMIN] "failed to re-find parent key" question

2007-03-05 Thread Roger Pan
Hi! We use postgreSQL 8.1.2 in Solaris 9 platform to maintain very important business data. The postgresql DB was interrupted now: > more postgresql-2007-03-05_210154.log LOG: could not bind socket for statistics collector: Cannot assign requested address LOG: database system was inter

[ADMIN] Cleaning up directory pgsql_tmp ?

2007-03-05 Thread David Levy
Hi, I have a 7Go pgsql_tmp directory in my main tablespace which remains even after a cluster restart. Does anyone know how to clean up properly ? Can i just delete the directory in the filesystem (with the cluster up or down ?) ? The documentation says it should be handled automatically by the c

Re: [ADMIN] Cleaning up directory pgsql_tmp ?

2007-03-05 Thread Tom Lane
"David Levy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have a 7Go pgsql_tmp directory in my main tablespace which remains > even after a cluster restart. > Does anyone know how to clean up properly ? Can i just delete the > directory in the filesystem (with the cluster up or down ?) ? If the postmaster's no

[ADMIN] pg_hba.conf & putty

2007-03-05 Thread Moritz Bayer
dear list, I know there are already hunderts of posts about pg_hba.conf, but still after reading a few of them I still got troubles with this topic. I've got a vpn server with a ststic ip address, java apps are supposed to run there receiving data from a postgresql database. The database is run

Re: [ADMIN] pg_hba.conf & putty

2007-03-05 Thread Phillip Smith
What address are you connecting to on your desktop computer? You should be using localhost:5432 which putty will redirect to the server via the SSH tunnel and the server will connect to PostgreSQL on your behalf. ~p -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [ADMIN] pg_hba.conf & putty

2007-03-05 Thread Moritz Bayer
hello phillip, yes, the connection i defined in pgadmin uses localhost:5432. Still, no success :( 2007/3/6, Phillip Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: What address are you connecting to on your desktop computer? You should be using localhost:5432 which putty will redirect to the server via the S

Re: [ADMIN] pg_hba.conf & putty

2007-03-05 Thread Andy Shellam
What address are you using for "server.ip.address"? I believe this is the address you should put in your pg_hba.conf, not 127.0.0.1. Then in PgAdmin, connect to localhost:5432. You can always check your PostgreSQL logs and see what source address the request is coming from. Andy. Moritz Bay

Re: [ADMIN] pg_hba.conf & putty

2007-03-05 Thread Phillip Smith
I know your problem (I think) Your SSH forward you said is defined as: Lserver.ip.address:5432 So the requests will be coming from your server's IP address via the eth0 interface. You need to change this to 127.0.0.1 to make it use the lo interface, and then the requests will come from 127

Re: [ADMIN] "failed to re-find parent key" question

2007-03-05 Thread Tom Lane
"Roger Pan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >We use postgreSQL 8.1.2 in Solaris 9 platform to maintain very = > important business data. If it's as important as all that, you should make more of an effort to keep up-to-date with PG minor releases... > PANIC: failed to re-find parent key in "156