Thread: BUG #1838: IndexSupportInitialze

The following bug has been logged online:

Bug reference:      1838
Logged by:          Judith Altamirano
Email address:      jaltamirano@correolux.com.mx
PostgreSQL version: Postgres95
Operating system:   Red Hat 6.2
Description:        IndexSupportInitialze
Details:

Hi, when I try to make a query it appears the next error:

IndexSupportInitialize: corrupted catalos

after of a table named suc_usr, I can't drop de table index
neither the table...

I would apreciatte if somebody know how can I fix the bug

On Fri, Aug 19, 2005 at 07:32:41PM +0100, Judith Altamirano wrote:
>
> PostgreSQL version: Postgres95

Is that *really* the version you're running?  What's the output of
the following query?

SELECT version();

--
Michael Fuhr

"Judith Altamirano" <jaltamirano@correolux.com.mx> writes:
> PostgreSQL version: Postgres95
> Operating system:   Red Hat 6.2
> Description:        IndexSupportInitialze
> Details:

> Hi, when I try to make a query it appears the next error:
> IndexSupportInitialize: corrupted catalos
> after of a table named suc_usr, I can't drop de table index
> neither the table...

Postgres95!?  Red Hat 6.2?  My goodness, you are using ancient software.
The list of known bugs fixed since those days would terrify anybody
(and that goes for the whole OS not just Postgres).  I urgently
recommend that you make a dump of your data, install something more
modern, and reload the database.

If your version of Postgres had REINDEX, you might be able to get out
from under the immediate problem with that, but REINDEX wasn't there
before Postgres 7.0.

            regards, tom lane

Judith Altamirano <jaltamirano@correolux.com.mx> writes:
> Sorry, I just looked into the copyright, but the version that I'm currently
> used is POstgres 7.0.2, that is anyway ancient, :( , but the bug is also
> the same:

>     IndexSupportInitialize: corrupted catalos

> do you think that there is a way to fixed it?

If it's 7.0 you might be able to fix it with a REINDEX DATABASE.
You'll need to stop the postmaster and do this in a standalone backend.

My recollection is that the first couple of releases that had REINDEX
had very poor documentation of how to use it ... you might look at the
online documentation for more recent versions, eg
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.3/static/sql-reindex.html
(versions newer than 7.3 will tell you about stuff that does not work
in 7.0, so this is probably the best one to look at)

            regards, tom lane