On Monday March 31 2003 3:38, Ed L. wrote:
> On Feb 13, 2003, Tom Lane wrote:
> > Laurette Cisneros <laurette@nextbus.com> writes:
> > > This is the error in the pgsql log:
> > > 2003-02-13 16:21:42 [8843] ERROR: Index external_signstops_pkey is
> > > not a btree
> >
> > This says that one of two fields that should never change, in fixed
> > positions in the first block of a btree index, didn't have the right
> > values. I am not aware of any PG bugs that could overwrite those
> > fields. I think the most likely bet is that you've got hardware
> > issues ... have you run memory and disk diagnostics lately?
>
> I am seeing this same problem on two separate machines, one brand new,
> one older. Not sure yet what is causing it, but seems pretty unlikely
> that it is hardware-related.
I am dabbling for the first time with a (crashing) C trigger, so that may be
the culprit here.
Ed
