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 4941.1027438246@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: [GENERAL] URGENT! pg_dump doesn't work!  ("Nigel J. Andrews" <nandrews@investsystems.co.uk>)
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"Nigel J. Andrews" <nandrews@investsystems.co.uk> writes:
> That's why I went down the hardware question. Given the error reported by Wim
> though seems to be a memory allocation, actually freeing, fault would data
> corruption in any persistent storage object be suspect?

I am thinking a corrupted length word in a varlena data item (text,
varchar, array, etc) might possibly lead to that sort of error.
It's just an educated guess though.

            regards, tom lane

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