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Re: [GENERAL] URGENT! pg_dump doesn't work! - Mailing list pgsql-novice

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: [GENERAL] URGENT! pg_dump doesn't work!
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Msg-id 29972.1027369156@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to URGENT! pg_dump doesn't work!  (Wim <wdh@belbone.be>)
Responses Re: [GENERAL] URGENT! pg_dump doesn't work!  ("Nigel J. Andrews" <nandrews@investsystems.co.uk>)
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Wim <wdh@belbone.be> writes:
> I have a problem with my postgres 7.2.1 database.
> I can't perform a pg_dump one my database...
> The message I get back is:

Odd.  I am thinking this might be a corrupted-data problem.

If you are lucky, the corruption is in an index, and you can fix it
by rebuilding the system indexes.  Read the REINDEX reference page
(carefully, it's a convoluted procedure)

            regards, tom lane

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