Re: Error: could not find a feasible split point for - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Robert Creager
Subject Re: Error: could not find a feasible split point for
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Msg-id 20040830201917.5b4faa78@thunder.mshome.net
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In response to Re: Error: could not find a feasible split point for "obs_v_file_id_index"  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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When grilled further on (Mon, 30 Aug 2004 11:31:12 -0400),
Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> confessed:

> Robert Creager <Robert_Creager@LogicalChaos.org> writes:
> > While doing some daily processing, I ran across the following error:
>
> > ERROR:  could not find a feasible split point for "obs_v_file_id_index"
>
> >  file_id | integer | not null
> > Inexes:    "obs_v_file_id_index" btree (file_id)
>
> On an index on an *integer* column??  That's a can't-happen error in the
> first place, and it's particularly silly when the index entries are
> small and fixed-width.  I surmise that you have a corrupted index, but
> it would be interesting to examine the entrails.  Is it repeatable?
> Is the database small enough that you could ship me a tarball copy
> (or if not, would you be willing to let me into your system to look at
> it)?
>
>             regards, tom lane

The error is repeatable (with a script that runs in a few minutes).  A recent
dump 528Mb compressed (10Gb on disk).  As for access, presumably you want in as
postgres?

Any chance you have a gpg key somewhere for encryption?  I did a quick check and
didn't find any...

Cheers,
Rob

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