Re: Crash while recovering database index relation - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Guy Thornley
Subject Re: Crash while recovering database index relation
Date
Msg-id 20040108220115.GC27470@conker.esphion.com
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In response to Re: Crash while recovering database index relation  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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> > What I don't grok is why all the affected files were indexes, and none
> > of the heap files appeared to have junk pages
>
> Hmmm ... that is mildly interesting, but it doesn't rise to the level of
> warning bells in my head.

I played around a bit yesterday with an INSERT'ing shell script and a reset
button... I can now, with reasonable confidence, say was pure coincidence
they were all index files. I had the junk pages in normal heap files as well
as index files on several occasions while testing

> Were the indexes involved all on the same table, or different tables?
Different tables, which is what aroused my own curosity :)

Guy

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