pg_clog / pg_xlog corruption?
We had one of our databases suddenly try to reference a pg_clog
file that didn't exist whenever we attempted to select from a certain
table. Anyone know of a way to recover from this? Is there a way to
reset the transaction logs and just use whatever data is actually
stored in the system?
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You can create the missing clog file as a file 256K big full of zeros. Then
dump, initdb and restore.
And upgrade the db to the latest minor version.
On Tue, Oct 21, 2003 at 04:49:26PM -0700, Adam Haberlach wrote:
We had one of our databases suddenly try to reference a pg_clog
file that didn't exist whenever we attempted to select from a certain
table. Anyone know of a way to recover from this? Is there a way to
reset the transaction logs and just use whatever data is actually
stored in the system?--
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Adam Haberlach <adam@newsnipple.com> writes:
We had one of our databases suddenly try to reference a pg_clog
file that didn't exist whenever we attempted to select from a certain
table. Anyone know of a way to recover from this?
You need to provide more details. For one, exactly which PG version
are you using? And is the complained-of clog file newer or later than
the range of files actually present in $PGDATA/pg_clog?
regards, tom lane