Re: reindex

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Andrew Bartley" <abartley(at)evolvosystems(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: reindex
Date: 2003-02-25 15:02:16
Message-ID: 10407.1046185336@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Andrew Bartley" <abartley(at)evolvosystems(dot)com> writes:
> We are running PostgreSQL 7.2.1 on i686-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by GCC gcc
> (GCC) 3.2.1

> backend> reindex database evolvo force
> NOTICE: relation 1247 was reindexed
> NOTICE: relation 1249 was reindexed
> NOTICE: relation 1259 was reindexed
> NOTICE: relation 1261 was reindexed
> NOTICE: relation 1262 was reindexed
> ERROR: cannot create pg_inherits_relid_seqno_index: File exists

If you've been running this database long enough to wrap around the OID
counter, then this failure is possible (though I wouldn't have thought
it probable). Try a few times and it'll probably succeed eventually.

regards, tom lane

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