| From: | "scott(dot)marlowe" <scott(dot)marlowe(at)ihs(dot)com> |
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| To: | Steve King <steve(dot)king(at)ecmsys(dot)co(dot)uk> |
| Cc: | <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Is postgres 7.2.1 safe if there is a power fail. |
| Date: | 2003-05-22 17:03:09 |
| Message-ID: | Pine.LNX.4.33.0305221102250.23585-100000@css120.ihs.com |
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On Thu, 22 May 2003, Steve King wrote:
> Is postgres 7.2.1 safe if there is a power fail.
> The system is running 24/7/365 and I have had occassional problems with
> duplicate records including oids. This happened in two different tables at
> the same time, it seems to have appeared immediately after a power (and ups)
> fail. Is it a known problem with power fail or is this just a coincidence. I
> have tried to scour the maillists and docs but cannot find a definitive
> answer to this.
There are known data loss issues in 7.2.1. Whether these led to this
problem I do not know.
You should upgrade immediately to 7.2.4.
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