Re: could not access status of transaction 0 - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: could not access status of transaction 0
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Msg-id 8571.1136564295@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to could not access status of transaction 0  (Stefan Kaltenbrunner <stefan@kaltenbrunner.cc>)
Responses Re: could not access status of transaction 0  (Stefan Kaltenbrunner <stefan@kaltenbrunner.cc>)
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Stefan Kaltenbrunner <stefan@kaltenbrunner.cc> writes:
> ERROR: could not access status of transaction 0
> DETAIL: could not create file
> /var/databases/postgres/data/pg_subtrans/57DA<<: File exists

> and seems to be generated in backend/access/transam/slru.c
> it looks like we got those(with changing filenames) about 5 times during
> the last 2 months mostly during low-utilisation times (on this
> particular database - not on the server itself).

Hm ... can you check exactly what set of filenames exists in
pg_subtrans/ when this happens?  Is it always referencing pg_subtrans/,
or are there similar complains about pg_clog/ ?
        regards, tom lane


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