Re: Dropping a database that does not exist

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Tham Shiming <shiming(at)misatravel(dot)com>
Cc: Dave Page <dpage(at)vale-housing(dot)co(dot)uk>, "Uwe C(dot) Schroeder" <uwe(at)oss4u(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Dropping a database that does not exist
Date: 2006-02-14 15:21:11
Message-ID: 14723.1139930471@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Tham Shiming <shiming(at)misatravel(dot)com> writes:
> ctid(tid) xmin(xid) xmax(xid) datname(name)
> (0,5) 2 2213800494 db2 (pgAdmin says this DB does not
> exist)
> (0,8) 2 2214815770 db3 (pgAdmin says this DB does not
> exist)
> (0,10) 2 2213853192 db5 (repeat)
> (0,13) 2 0 db5 (repeat)

This does start to look like an XID wraparound problem. What is your
current XID counter? (The "NextXID" line from pg_controldata output
is close enough.) What *exactly* do you mean by "pgAdmin says this
DB does not exist"?

regards, tom lane

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