Re: [GENERAL] database corruption?

Drop index and recreate.


> Hi, all.
>
> I'm relatively new to PostgreSQL, but I've been quite impressed with
> it so far.  This may be due to too much experience with MySQL.  :)
>
> I'm currently getting this error on my nightly vacuum.  These two
> indices (as you may have guessed already) are on columns named
> interface and ewhen, on a table named error.  The error table is
> constantly being updated.  (No comments about the implications of
> that, please.)
>
> NOTICE:  Index error_interface_idx: NUMBER OF INDEX' TUPLES (226766) IS NOT THE SAME AS HEAP' (226765)
> NOTICE:  Index error_ewhen_idx: NUMBER OF INDEX' TUPLES (226766) IS NOT THE SAME AS HEAP' (226765)
> NOTICE:  Index error_interface_idx: NUMBER OF INDEX' TUPLES (226766) IS NOT THE SAME AS HEAP' (226765)
> NOTICE:  Index error_ewhen_idx: NUMBER OF INDEX' TUPLES (226766) IS NOT THE SAME AS HEAP' (226765)
>
> Is this indicative of a serious problem?  If this were MySQL, I'd
> assume I had a corrupt table, and I'd run isamchk on it.  But I don't
> see a similar utility for PgSQL.
>
> AFAIK, nothing really bad has happened to the host; it hasn't crashed
> or anything, though it was rebooted ungracefully a few weeks ago.
>
> This is on an i386 running NetBSD 1.4.1, if that makes a difference.
>
> TIA for any help.
>
> Chris
>
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> Chris Jones
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>
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