Re: Missing database entry in pg_database

Robert Korteweg wrote:
> Robert Korteweg <robert ( at ) sambalbij ( dot ) nl> writes:
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>>> I have a problem with a database i'm maintaining. I first noticed
>>> the problem because i could not make a backup of the database i got
>>> the following error:
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>>> pg_dump: missing pg_database entry for database "xxx"
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>>> I verified this by selecting the pg_database. It was indeed gone.
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>>> I did some more diggin and noticed that on doing a describe (\d
>>> <table>) of a table i could not see any or some of the columns in
>>> the table, and a few tables i also could just see the correct
>>> layout. It looks random.
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>> This sounds suspiciously like a transaction ID wraparound problem.
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> Yes i read about that, but i thought this was not my problem because i
> vacuumed like i thought i should.
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>>> The database is a very active database. It is running on Postgresql
>>>  7.3. The database is getting a VACUUM FULL ANALYZE every night.
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>> The *entire* database ... or are you just vacuuming the user tables
>> and not the system catalogs?  Daily vacuuming of the catalogs should
>> have prevented any such problem (unless you are managing to exceed 1
>> billion transactions per day...)
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> VACUUM FULL ANALYZE is the exact query i do on the database every night.
> I do not know if postgres will vacuum the systemtables as well with this
> command. And i do not believe the database will exceed the billion
> transactions a day.
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> I also do not see the template databases, but i do not know if this is
> important.

Any thought? i'm about too decide to do an initdb on this database, but
would prever too fix the problem.

--
"You can't reach second base, and keep your foot on first."

Groeten,
Robert