Re: invalid memory alloc request size 1684370054

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Brendan Duddridge <brendan(at)clickspace(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL-general General <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: invalid memory alloc request size 1684370054
Date: 2006-04-25 07:15:23
Message-ID: 13608.1145949323@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Brendan Duddridge <brendan(at)clickspace(dot)com> writes:
> Next exception:SQL State:XX000 -- error code: 0 -- msg: ERROR:
> invalid memory alloc request size 1684370054

> I'm not sure which memory setting I need to change to correct this.

This looks more like a "corrupt data" problem than an "insufficient
memory" problem --- specifically, I'd say a field's length word got
overwritten with some ASCII text.

regards, tom lane

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