ERROR: could not open file "pg_subtrans...

Started by Warren Bellover 18 years ago3 messagesgeneral
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#1Warren Bell
warren@clarksnutrition.com

I have Postgres 8.1.3 running on Windows XP. I keep seeing this error in the log files:

2007-09-29 10:11:29 ERROR: could not access status of transaction 5745045
2007-09-29 10:11:29 DETAIL: could not open file "pg_subtrans/0057": Invalid argument

I am also getting the following in the Windows Applcation event log:

FATAL: could not reattach to shared memory (key=5432001, addr=01C80000): Invalid argument

It is causing quite a few problems. I have searched around and have not found to much on it. I have
the same database/hardware set-up on two other machines and they work fine. I have not tried to
reinstall postgres yet. I know it only happens when three particular tables are being used. I have
droped these tables and created new ones and I am still geting the error. These tables get a lot of
insert, updates and deletes. The three table schemas are:

CREATE TABLE scanorder
(
scn_pk int4 NOT NULL DEFAULT nextval(('"scanorder_scn_pk_seq"'::text)::regclass),
scn_usr_fk int4,
scn_str_fk int4,
scn_ogp_fk int4,
scn_date timestamp,
scn_processed_date timestamp,
scn_report bool NOT NULL DEFAULT false,
scn_processed bool NOT NULL DEFAULT false,
scn_sent bool NOT NULL DEFAULT false,
scn_sending bool NOT NULL DEFAULT false,
scn_total float4,
scn_time_changed timestamp,
CONSTRAINT scanorder_pkey PRIMARY KEY (scn_pk)
)

CREATE TABLE order_
(
ord_pk int4 NOT NULL DEFAULT nextval(('"order_ord_pk_seq"'::text)::regclass),
ord_usr_fk int4,
ord_str_fk int4,
ord_scn_fk int4,
ord_ven_fk int4,
ord_ogp_fk int4,
ord_date timestamp,
ord_processed_date timestamp,
ord_delivered_date timestamp,
ord_received_date timestamp,
ord_po_number char(25),
ord_invoice_number char(25),
ord_account_number char(30),
ord_vendor_code char(10),
ord_vendor_name char(25),
ord_report bool NOT NULL DEFAULT false,
ord_processed bool NOT NULL DEFAULT false,
ord_delivered bool NOT NULL DEFAULT false,
ord_received bool NOT NULL DEFAULT false,
ord_time_changed timestamp,
ord_memo char(30),
ord_sent_to char(25),
CONSTRAINT order_pkey PRIMARY KEY (ord_pk),
CONSTRAINT order_scanorder_ord_scn_fk FOREIGN KEY (ord_scn_fk)
REFERENCES scanorder (scn_pk) MATCH SIMPLE
ON UPDATE RESTRICT ON DELETE CASCADE
)

CREATE TABLE order_
(
ord_pk int4 NOT NULL DEFAULT nextval(('"order_ord_pk_seq"'::text)::regclass),
ord_usr_fk int4,
ord_str_fk int4,
ord_scn_fk int4,
ord_ven_fk int4,
ord_ogp_fk int4,
ord_date timestamp,
ord_processed_date timestamp,
ord_delivered_date timestamp,
ord_received_date timestamp,
ord_po_number char(25),
ord_invoice_number char(25),
ord_account_number char(30),
ord_vendor_code char(10),
ord_vendor_name char(25),
ord_report bool NOT NULL DEFAULT false,
ord_processed bool NOT NULL DEFAULT false,
ord_delivered bool NOT NULL DEFAULT false,
ord_received bool NOT NULL DEFAULT false,
ord_time_changed timestamp,
ord_memo char(30),
ord_sent_to char(25),
CONSTRAINT order_pkey PRIMARY KEY (ord_pk),
CONSTRAINT order_scanorder_ord_scn_fk FOREIGN KEY (ord_scn_fk)
REFERENCES scanorder (scn_pk) MATCH SIMPLE
ON UPDATE RESTRICT ON DELETE CASCADE
)

I am a complete novice with postgres so bare with me.

--
Thanks,

Warren Bell

#2Alvaro Herrera
alvherre@2ndquadrant.com
In reply to: Warren Bell (#1)
Re: ERROR: could not open file "pg_subtrans...

Warren wrote:

I have Postgres 8.1.3 running on Windows XP. I keep seeing this error in
the log files:

Update to 8.1.3.

Better yet, update to 8.2.5, as 8.1 is unsupported on Windows.

http://www.postgresql.org/about/news.865

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#3Magnus Hagander
magnus@hagander.net
In reply to: Alvaro Herrera (#2)
Re: ERROR: could not open file "pg_subtrans...

I have Postgres 8.1.3 running on Windows XP. I keep seeing this error in
the log files:

Update to 8.1.3.

I'm sure Alvaro means 8.1.10..

Better yet, update to 8.2.5, as 8.1 is unsupported on Windows.

http://www.postgresql.org/about/news.865

Since we haven't released 8.3 yet, it's still suported. That said, it's still good advice since there's a reason we're dropping that support soon.

The first thing to do with an error like this, though, is to look for and remove any antivirus, antispyware or such programs.

/Magnus

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