Re: [GENERAL] large object does not exist after pg_migrator

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Jamie Fox wrote:
> Hi -
> This is probably more helpful - the pg_largeobject table only changed after
> vacuumlo, not before. When comparing pre- and post- pg_migrator databases
> (no vacuum or vacuumlo):
>
> select * from pg_largeobject where loid = '24696063';
>
> in the pre- there are three rows, having pageno 0 through 3, in the post-
> database there are no results.
>
> Thanks for any advice,
>
> Jamie
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 2:13 PM, Jamie Fox <jfox(at)directcommerce(dot)com> wrote:
>
> > Hi -
> > After what seemed to be a normal successful pg_migrator migration from
> > 8.3.7 to 8.4.0, in either link or copy mode, vacuumlo fails on both our
> > production and qa databases:
> >
> > Jul 1 11:17:03 db2 postgres[9321]: [14-1] LOG: duration: 175.563 ms
> > statement: DELETE FROM vacuum_l WHERE lo IN (SELECT "xml_data" FROM
> > "public"."xml_user")
> > Jul 1 11:17:03 db2 postgres[9321]: [15-1] ERROR: large object 17919608
> > does not exist
> > Jul 1 11:17:03 db2 postgres[9321]: [16-1] ERROR: current transaction is
> > aborted, commands ignored until end of transaction block
> >
> > I migrated our qa database using pg_dump/pg_restore and vacuumlo has no
> > problem with it. When I try querying the two databases for large objects
> > manually I see the same error in the one that was migrated with pg_migrator:
> >
> > select loread(lo_open(xml_data,262144),1073741819) from xml_user where id =
> > '10837246';
> > ERROR: large object 24696063 does not exist
> > SQL state: 42704
> >
> > I can also see that the pg_largeobject table is different, in the
> > pg_restore version the Rows (estimated) is 316286 and Rows (counted) is the
> > same, in the pg_migrator version the Rows (counted) is only 180507.
> >
> > Any advice on what I might look for to try and track down this problem?
> > pg_restore on our production database takes too long so it would be really
> > nice to use pg_migrator instead.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Jamie
> >
> >

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