How 'bout posting what version of pgsql you're running, and we'll start
back at square one :)
-d
Bruce Irvine wrote:
> Hi All,
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> This is my first post, so I hope I'm in the right area and doing it
> correctly.
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> We are having MAJOR & URGENT problems with Postresql occaisonly
> corrupting tables on insert. I had a quick look through your archive
> and couldn't find anything. It seems to happen mostly on large inserts
> (lots of data into one text field). This results in corrupting the
> table and hanging the psql console whenever I try to INSERT, UPDATE,
> DELETE, SELECT, etc. Doing an "EXPLAIN SELECT * FROM table" shows that
> I have around 100 - 1000 extra rows. The problem is often fixed by
> running VACUUM against the table, however VACUUM often hangs leaving
> the table locked until I delete the lock file.
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> Its only a basic INSERT statement into a basic table.
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> Thanks in advance.
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> Bruce Irvine.
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> SportingPulse.
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