Re: "could not open file" issue

> De : Alvaro Herrera [mailto:alvherre@commandprompt.com]
>
> Daniel Caune wrote:
> >
> > > De : Alvaro Herrera [mailto:alvherre@commandprompt.com]
> > >
> > > Daniel Caune wrote:
> > > >
> > > >   select count(*) from eventplayerleaveroom;
> > > >   ERROR:  could not access status of transaction 3164404766
> > > >   DETAIL:  could not open file "pg_clog/0BC9": No such file or
> directory
> > >
> > > Are the files in pg_clog close to the vicinity of 0BC9?
> >
> > I don't have any skill in PostgreSQL administration.  However I took a
> > look at /var/lib/postgresql/8.1/main/pg_clog and there is no file
> > close to the vicinity of 0BC9 ;  the last file in that directory is:
> >
> > -rw-------  1 postgres postgres 221184 2006-04-24 19:27 00C9
> >
> > A bit far from 0BC9...  Do you have any diagnostic?
>
> I'd say you have a corrupted table.  How corrupted I don't know.  You
> could try extracting a portion of the table, playing with LIMIT/OFFSET
> to find out the exact records that are corrupted.
>

Yes, I tried playing with the LIMIT clause, and LIMIT 90 is the better I can pass... :-(

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