Re: ERROR: unexpected data beyond EOF

From: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: ERROR: unexpected data beyond EOF
Date: 2015-04-30 18:05:17
Message-ID: 55426EDD.8090002@commandprompt.com
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On 04/30/2015 10:28 AM, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
>
> Joshua D. Drake wrote:
>>
>> Alright folks,
>>
>> So I have this error:
>>
>> postgres[21118]: [8-1] ERROR: unexpected data beyond EOF
>> in block 9 of relation base/430666195/430666206
>>
>> Which produces this lovely hint:
>>
>> postgres[21118]: [8-2] HINT: This has been seen to occur with buggy
>> kernels; consider updating your system.
>>
>> However, the problem is, all relevant information we can find is Linux/NFS
>> based.
>
> I have vague recollections of seeing this relatively recently on tables
> that were truncated often. Is that the case here?

Just dug into the table a bit and yes, it appears to be a transform
table. Further questions/thoughts?

JD

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