Re: Tool to read data files

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Mario Weilguni <mweilguni(at)sime(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Tool to read data files
Date: 2004-06-08 04:45:30
Message-ID: 26086.1086669930@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Mario Weilguni <mweilguni(at)sime(dot)com> writes:
> Are there any tools available to dump datafiles for debugging
> purposes?

I often use pg_filedump, available here:
http://sources.redhat.com/rhdb/

> I think there is a corruption problem in Postgresql 7.4.2 with and
> only with the Ltree module.

Could be; I doubt anyone has tested ltree harder than running its
regression test for quite awhile. It could be suffering bit rot
from some of the changes in 7.4 (or even an earlier release).

regards, tom lane

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