Re: URGENT! pg_dump doesn't work!

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Wim <wdh(at)belbone(dot)be>
Cc: pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: URGENT! pg_dump doesn't work!
Date: 2002-07-22 20:19:16
Message-ID: 29972.1027369156@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Wim <wdh(at)belbone(dot)be> writes:
> I have a problem with my postgres 7.2.1 database.
> I can't perform a pg_dump one my database...
> The message I get back is:

Odd. I am thinking this might be a corrupted-data problem.

If you are lucky, the corruption is in an index, and you can fix it
by rebuilding the system indexes. Read the REINDEX reference page
(carefully, it's a convoluted procedure)

regards, tom lane

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