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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: REPOST:Memory Allocation error using pg_dump on 7.4
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Msg-id 2312.1138375175@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to REPOST:Memory Allocation error using pg_dump on 7.4  (frank church <pgsql@adontendev.net>)
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frank church <pgsql@adontendev.net> writes:
> I repeatedly get this error whenever I try to backup a database

> pg_dump: ERROR:  invalid memory alloc request size 4294967290
> pg_dump: SQL command to dump the contents of table "cc_ratecard" failed:
> PQendcopy() failed.

Looks like a corrupt-data problem to me.  Please see the PG list archives
concerning ways to narrow down where the bad data is and get rid of it.

            regards, tom lane

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