Re: Corrupted Table
Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: "Bryan White" <bryan@arcamax.com>
Cc: "pgsql-general" <pgsql-general@postgreSQL.org>
Date: 2000-07-31T22:49:38Z
Lists: pgsql-general
"Bryan White" <bryan@arcamax.com> writes: >> Shut down the postmaster and then copy the entire db (including pg_log >> file) and it should work. The catch is to make sure pg_log is in sync >> with your table files. > I would rather not leave my database down long enough to copy the entire db > (3.5GB). Well, you don't really need the *whole* db, just pg_log (and the other tables at the top level of the data directory), the system tables (pg_foo in the database subdir), and the table of interest. > If not, how about if I first > vacuum the table? Don't do that --- it might wipe out vital clues. regards, tom lane