Re: ERROR: invalid memory alloc request size - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: ERROR: invalid memory alloc request size
Date
Msg-id 27574.1179501021@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: ERROR: invalid memory alloc request size  (Johann Spies <jspies@sun.ac.za>)
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Johann Spies <jspies@sun.ac.za> writes:
>> Could you please rebuild the executables with --enable-debug and try
>> again?

> I did that.  The following breakpoint occurred again before an error
> message from the process on the terminal:

> Breakpoint 1, 0x0827eef6 in errfinish ()
> (gdb) bt
> #0  0x0827eef6 in errfinish ()
> #1  0x0828039c in elog_finish ()
> #2  0x082993b3 in MemoryContextAlloc ()
> #3  0x0828d437 in pg_mb2wchar ()
> #4  0x0811c288 in CreateCopyDestReceiver ()
> #5  0x0811ea43 in DoCopy ()
> #6  0x081f9d00 in ProcessUtility ()
> #7  0x081f6ed9 in PostgresMain ()
> #8  0x081f7cac in FreeQueryDesc ()
> #9  0x081f84d9 in PortalRun ()
> #10 0x081f3b51 in pg_parse_query ()
> #11 0x081f5296 in PostgresMain ()
> #12 0x081c8a1f in ClosePostmasterPorts ()
> #13 0x081c9924 in PostmasterMain ()
> #14 0x081823b5 in main ()


> It looks the same as the previous one to me.

That's because it is the same :-(.  You forgot to install the debuggable
executable, or something like that.

            regards, tom lane

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