Re: [HACKERS] Index corruption - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: [HACKERS] Index corruption
Date
Msg-id 199912291909.OAA07158@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] Index corruption  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
List pgsql-hackers
> pg_proc_prosrc_index is the problem, eh?  I'll bet a nickel that you're
> seeing still another manifestation of btree's problems with oversized
> index entries.  (See recent thread 'Error "vacuum pg_proc"'.)
> 
> Check to see if you have any functions whose definitions exceed 2700
> bytes, eg with
>     select proname from pg_proc where length(prosrc) > 2700;
> If so, you need to rewrite them to be smaller, perhaps by breaking
> them into multiple functions.
> 
> 7.0 should fix this problem, but it's a real hazard in 6.5.

Wow, do we need that 7.0 release!


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