Re: vacuum full failing in 7.3

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Dmitry Tkach <dmitry(at)openratings(dot)com>
Cc: pg_general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>, pgsl-bugs(at)postresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: vacuum full failing in 7.3
Date: 2003-09-26 01:20:40
Message-ID: 6659.1064539240@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Dmitry Tkach <dmitry(at)openratings(dot)com> writes:
> I am getting a weird failure, trying to vacuum a table in 7.3 - it says
> "ERROR: Index pg_toast_89407_index is not a btree".

That says the first page of the index was corrupted (version number
field didn't contain the right thing).

> Does it ring a bell to anyone? Any ideas what's wrong? Is it my database
> screwed up? I just created it today...
> I tried dropping and recreating it... and it seems to be working now.

Sounds like you just destroyed all the evidence :-(. I'd wonder about
hardware flakiness for one thing ...

regards, tom lane

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