Re: [HACKERS] BlowAwayRelationBuffers]

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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: a(dot)joubert(at)albourne(dot)com [mailto:a(dot)joubert(at)albourne(dot)com]
> >
> > Thanks Hiroshi, I will patch my database and see whether that helps. Guess
> > i really ought to upgrade to 6.5.3, but I had some compile problems on
> > Alpha which I haven't looked at closely yet.
> >
>
> Unfortunately the patch could neither recover your current status
> nor prevent the occurrence of BlowAwayRelationBuffers.
> It may only prevent the occurrence of inconsistency after
> the error.
>
> BlowAwayRelationBuffers is called immediately before truncation of
> the target relation file in VACUUM. Without applying my patch,
> HEAP_MOVED_OFF tuples would revive after BlowAwayRelationBuffers
> error.

Wow, our team is really getting good at understanding this low-level code.

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