Re: ERROR: invalid memory alloc request size

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Johann Spies <jspies(at)sun(dot)ac(dot)za>
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: ERROR: invalid memory alloc request size
Date: 2007-05-18 15:10:21
Message-ID: 27574.1179501021@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Johann Spies <jspies(at)sun(dot)ac(dot)za> writes:
>> Could you please rebuild the executables with --enable-debug and try
>> again?

> I did that. The following breakpoint occurred again before an error
> message from the process on the terminal:

> Breakpoint 1, 0x0827eef6 in errfinish ()
> (gdb) bt
> #0 0x0827eef6 in errfinish ()
> #1 0x0828039c in elog_finish ()
> #2 0x082993b3 in MemoryContextAlloc ()
> #3 0x0828d437 in pg_mb2wchar ()
> #4 0x0811c288 in CreateCopyDestReceiver ()
> #5 0x0811ea43 in DoCopy ()
> #6 0x081f9d00 in ProcessUtility ()
> #7 0x081f6ed9 in PostgresMain ()
> #8 0x081f7cac in FreeQueryDesc ()
> #9 0x081f84d9 in PortalRun ()
> #10 0x081f3b51 in pg_parse_query ()
> #11 0x081f5296 in PostgresMain ()
> #12 0x081c8a1f in ClosePostmasterPorts ()
> #13 0x081c9924 in PostmasterMain ()
> #14 0x081823b5 in main ()

> It looks the same as the previous one to me.

That's because it is the same :-(. You forgot to install the debuggable
executable, or something like that.

regards, tom lane

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