Re: Something's not (de)compressing right

From: Elliot Lee <sopwith(at)redhat(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Something's not (de)compressing right
Date: 2003-12-09 16:28:49
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.58.0312090800090.17408@devserv.devel.redhat.com
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On Mon, 8 Dec 2003, Tom Lane wrote:

> Elliot Lee <sopwith(at)redhat(dot)com> writes:
> > http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2000-07/msg00483.php
> > I'm having this same problem with postgresql 7.3.4.
>
> You aren't having the "same" problem, because that UNION bug was fixed
> ages ago.

You're right. However, I saw the exact same symptoms, with a very similar
stack trace.

> > Easy to reproduce by running an 'INSERT' query.
>
> Let's see the test case then ...

A 'REINDEX' made the symptoms go away. Nice for me, unfortunate for fixing
postgresql. :\

I do have another bug related to vacuuming tables that contain binary
large objects, inside a UTF-8 encoded database. If that's not a known
issue, I'll work up a reproduction case for that.

-- Elliot
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