RE: pg_group_name_index corrupt?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pgsql-hackers-owner@hub.org
> [mailto:pgsql-hackers-owner@hub.org]On Behalf Of The Hermit Hacker
>
> On Thu, 4 May 2000, Tom Lane wrote:
>
> > The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org> writes:
> > > This worry anyone? :)
> > > NOTICE:  Index pg_group_sysid_index: NUMBER OF INDEX' TUPLES
> (0) IS NOT THE SAME AS HEAP' (1).
> > >         Recreate the index.
> > > NOTICE:  Index pg_group_name_index: NUMBER OF INDEX' TUPLES
> (0) IS NOT THE SAME AS HEAP' (1).
> > >         Recreate the index.
> >
> > Not if you had other transactions running in parallel with the
> > vacuum --- if the vacuum was the only thing running then I'd want
> > to know what you were doing before that...
>
> I can't guarantee whether i was or not :(  right now, I'm assuming that
> 'other transactions' would include any database on that server, not just
> the database that I was vacuuming at the time, as even if I go in and do a
> vacuum on 'template1', that error pops up ...
>

Why does pg_group exist under $PGDATA though the indexes exist
under each $PGDATA/base/db_name ?
Could it be consistent on all databases ?

> It says to 'recreate the index', but if I try to, it tells me its a system
> table (of course) ... is there a way of fixing this without having to do
> a dump/reload?
>

Run "reindex table pg_group force;" under standalone postmaster
with options -O and -P. You must shutdown postmaster first.

Regards.

Hiroshi Inoue
Inoue@tpf.co.jp