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Re: [Support i5GKDLjR008723] PGRES_FATAL_ERROR: out of free buffers: - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: [Support i5GKDLjR008723] PGRES_FATAL_ERROR: out of free buffers:
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Msg-id 20710.1087572132@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: [Support i5GKDLjR008723] PGRES_FATAL_ERROR: out of free buffers:  ("David F. Skoll" <dfs@roaringpenguin.com>)
Responses Re: [Support i5GKDLjR008723] PGRES_FATAL_ERROR: out of  (Jochen Wiedmann <jochen.wiedmann@freenet.de>)
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"David F. Skoll" <dfs@roaringpenguin.com> writes:
> Hi, Jochen.
>> However, we frequently observe the following message in the log files:
>> PGRES\_FATAL_ERROR : ERROR:  out of free buffers: time to abort!
>> Any hints what's going on? Suggestion?

IIRC, there was a problem in 7.3 - 7.3.2 that tended to provoke this
failure.  It's repaired in 7.3.3 and later.  If you want to stay in
the 7.3 series rather than upgrade to 7.4, I would *strongly* recommend
moving to 7.3.6.

            regards, tom lane

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