Re: Core dump on PG 7.1.3

Hopefully I'll have permission to take the application down for an hour
tomorrow to do a more complete diagnosis ... The first thing I'll do is
recompile with debug symbols and I'll post the more helpful back trace ...

Yes, I would like to help debug the problem ... and I'd be even more eager
if it wasn't production hardware that i have to tip-toe around on .. ;)

Thanks for the speedy response ..

-dave

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Lane [mailto:tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us]
> Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 4:17 PM
> To: David Esposito
> Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
> Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Core dump on PG 7.1.3
>
>
> "David Esposito" <dvesposito@newnetco.com> writes:
> > However, since this problem needs to be fixed, I see myself being
> > able to do one of two things ...
> > - Recompiling PG 7.1.3 using the debug symbols ..
> > - Upgrading to PG 7.2
> > Is there anything I'm missing here that I could try that is
> non-invasive?
>
> Recompiling with debug symbols should be reasonably non-invasive,
> assuming that you can otherwise duplicate the configuration options.
> (If you're using locally built executables this shouldn't be hard;
> not sure what's involved if you are using RPMs that came from somewhere
> else.)
>
> Updating to 7.2 would imply a dump and restore, which'd very likely make
> the problem go away --- but then we'd not learn anything about what
> caused the crash.  If the underlying bug still exists in 7.2 then it
> might someday bite you again.  Are you more interested in getting up and
> running ASAP, or in helping to debug the problem?
>
>             regards, tom lane