message type 0x44 - Again - Mailing list pgsql-novice

Sorry this is a continuation of previous by same subject, I did something
wrong trying to make it a followup.

>Re:
>$ pg_dump: message type 0x44 arrived from server while idle
>$ pg_dump: dumpClasses(): SQL command failed
>$pg_dump: Error message from server: server closed the connection unexpectedly
>         This probably means the server terminated abnormally
>         before or while processing the request.
>$ pg_dump: The command was: FETCH 100 FROM _pg_dump_cursor
>
>Not quite sure what it all means, DB seems to be functioning OK but I am
>not convinced I am dumping all the I am expecting to.

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I have isolated the table that is giving me the problem in pg_dump

I am now getting from this error from the command  pg_dump -o -a -t contact
ourdb

ERROR:  MemoryContextAlloc: invalid request size 4294967293
pg_dump: ERROR:  MemoryContextAlloc: invalid request size 4294967293
pg_dump: lost synchronization with server, resetting connection
pg_dump: SQL command to dump the contents of table "hiclientcontact"
failed: PQe
ndcopy() failed.
pg_dump: Error message from server: ERROR:  MemoryContextAlloc: invalid request
size 4294967293
pg_dump: The command was: COPY "contact" WITH OIDS TO stdout;
[postgres@owen backup]$ DEBUG:  pq_flush: send() failed: Broken pipe

and I get this with  -d

DEBUG:  server process (pid 6863) was terminated by signal 11
DEBUG:  terminating any other active server processes
NOTICE:  Message from PostgreSQL backend:
         The Postmaster has informed me that some other backend
         died abnormally and possibly corrupted shared memory.
         I have rolled back the current transaction and am
         going to terminate your database system connection and exit.
         Please reconnect to the database system and repeat your query.
DEBUG:  all server processes terminated; reinitializing shared memory and
semaph
ores
DEBUG:  database system was interrupted at 2004-12-08 16:11:10 EST
DEBUG:  checkpoint record is at 1/37C8267C
DEBUG:  redo record is at 1/37C8267C; undo record is at 0/0; shutdown FALSE
DEBUG:  next transaction id: 44282241; next oid: 11420991
DEBUG:  database system was not properly shut down; automatic recovery in
progre
ss
pg_dump: message type 0x44 arrived from server while idle
pg_dump: dumpClasses(): SQL command failed
pg_dump: Error message from server: server closed the connection unexpectedly
         This probably means the server terminated abnormally
         before or while processing the request.
pg_dump: The command was: FETCH 100 FROM _pg_dump_cursor
[postgres@owen backup]$ DEBUG:  redo starts at 1/37C826BC
DEBUG:  ReadRecord: record with zero length at 1/37C95398
DEBUG:  redo done at 1/37C95368
DEBUG:  database system is ready


TIA

Neil