Re: newbie qs; fixing and checking databases

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Rusty Wright <rusty(at)socrates(dot)Berkeley(dot)EDU>
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: newbie qs; fixing and checking databases
Date: 2002-10-16 01:21:26
Message-ID: 200210160121.g9G1LQH18961@candle.pha.pa.us
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Rusty Wright wrote:
> Are there commands provided with postgresql for checking the databases
> and also for repairing them? I'd like to be able to run something to
> check the databases before our nightly backups.

We don't have checks because thing rarely break. You can do a VACUUM,
which does some elementary checking.

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