Re: Loss of table structure on 7.3.19

From: Nigel Metheringham <nigel(dot)metheringham(at)dev(dot)intechnology(dot)co(dot)uk>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Loss of table structure on 7.3.19
Date: 2009-09-17 14:06:36
Message-ID: DF98BF90-E7C8-4041-B9EF-9DA29A62E72C@dev.intechnology.co.uk
Views: Raw Message | Whole Thread | Download mbox | Resend email
Thread:
Lists: pgsql-admin


On 17 Sep 2009, at 14:57, Tom Lane wrote:

> The symptoms indicate pretty strongly that you forgot about vacuuming
> the system catalogs. A plain "VACUUM" executed in every database, by
> a superuser, is sufficient for this. Trying to be smart by vacuuming
> only what you think needs vacuumed is not sufficient.

By "in every database" do you mean we need to vacuum the template*
databases too?

[and I'm just thankful, that as major wake up calls go, this was only
painful as opposed to fatal or permanently debilitating!]

Nigel.
--
[ Nigel Metheringham Nigel(dot)Metheringham(at)InTechnology(dot)com ]
[ - Comments in this message are my own and not ITO opinion/policy - ]

In response to

Responses

Browse pgsql-admin by date

  From Date Subject
Next Message Tom Lane 2009-09-17 14:30:36 Re: Loss of table structure on 7.3.19
Previous Message Tom Lane 2009-09-17 13:57:08 Re: Loss of table structure on 7.3.19