Re: vacuumdb: vacuuming of database "Validation" failed: ERROR: failed to re-find parent key in index...

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Carl Anderson <carl(dot)anderson(at)archimedesmodel(dot)com>
Cc: "pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: vacuumdb: vacuuming of database "Validation" failed: ERROR: failed to re-find parent key in index...
Date: 2010-08-28 18:12:41
Message-ID: 22660.1283019161@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Carl Anderson <carl(dot)anderson(at)archimedesmodel(dot)com> writes:
> Running vacuumdb, with and without -f, I get output with final line:

> vacuumdb: vacuuming of database "Validation" failed: ERROR: failed to re-find parent key in index "pg_shdepend_reference_index" for deletion target page 380

You should be able to fix that with REINDEX. However, since it's a
shared catalog index, you'll need to do it in standalone mode.
See the REINDEX and "postgres" reference pages.

regards, tom lane

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