Re: transactoin id wraparound problem

A PostgreSQL superuser, so yes user postgres will work just fine.


Sriram Dandapani wrote:
> Do you mean that I login as say root and issue a vacuumdb (or do I login
> as a postgres user with special privileges)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Lane [mailto:tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2006 6:41 AM
> To: Sriram Dandapani
> Cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
> Subject: Re: [ADMIN] transactoin id wraparound problem
>
> "Sriram Dandapani" <sdandapani@counterpane.com> writes:
>> I get error messages on the console that says
>> WARNING:  database "xxx" must be vacuumed within 10094646 transactions
>
>> I shutdown, restart pg and issue a vacuumdb -f <database>
>
> The shutdown/restart was a waste of typing, and -f doesn't really help
> here either.
>
>> I still get messages saying database must be vacuumed and the
>> transaction count keeps decreasing.
>
> I'll bet a nickel you did not run the vacuum as superuser.  It has to be
> done by a superuser to have permission to vacuum every table in the
> database (including system catalogs).
>
>             regards, tom lane
>
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