Re: BUG #2379: Duplicate pkeys in table

Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>
To: Philip Warner <pjw@rhyme.com.au>
Cc: pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org
Date: 2006-04-06T12:12:31Z
Lists: pgsql-bugs
Philip Warner wrote:

> We have an intermittent bug that occurs on a table which is updated several
> times per second. The bug occurs every few days/weeks. It is usually
> preceeded by a "tuple concurrently updated" messages, but I could not swear
> it is always preceeded by it.
> 
> The result of the bug is demonstrated by:
> 
> select id,count(*) from xxx group by id having count(*)>1;
>   id   | count
> -------+-------
>  24613 |     6
> (1 row)

Please do a

SELECT xmin, xmax, cmin, cmax FROM xxx where id = 24613;

if you still have that particular manifestation.

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