Re: PostgreSQL; Strange error - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From jdassen@cistron.nl (J.H.M. Dassen (Ray))
Subject Re: PostgreSQL; Strange error
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Msg-id slrn9bf45n.6ou.jdassen@odin.cistron-office.nl
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Responses Re: Re: PostgreSQL; Strange error  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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Bengt Månsson <name@some.site> wrote:
>I use RH7, Apache, PHP4 and PostgreSQL

Your problem is a RDBMS problem, not a WWW server one. The PostgreSQL
mailing lists (see http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/index.html) are a
better place to ask.

>Warning: PostgreSQL query failed: FATAL 1: my bits moved right off the end
>of the world! Recreate index pg_attribute_relid_attnum_index.

>I don't understand any of this. Never heard of that index.

It starts with "pg_", so it's Postgres' meta-data (internal administration).

>What does it mean?

Apparently one of Postgres' internal indexes got corrupted.

> What can I do?

Follow the suggestion given in the warning: recreate index
pg_attribute_relid_attnum_index, presumably [*] using something like

    DROP INDEX pg_attribute_relid_attnum_index;
    CREATE UNIQUE INDEX pg_attribute_relid_attnum_index ON
        pg_attribute(attrelid,attnum);

(as database user 'postgres').

HTH,
Ray

[*] I'm just guessing from '\d pg_attribute_relid_attnum_index' and '\d
pg_attribute' - back up your database (using "pg_dump") before trying this.
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