Re: Fixing up a corrupted toast table

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Steve Atkins <steve(at)blighty(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Fixing up a corrupted toast table
Date: 2006-03-08 23:07:20
Message-ID: 18863.1141859240@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Steve Atkins <steve(at)blighty(dot)com> writes:
>>> make it happy by inserting a dummy row into the toast table (chunk ID
>>> as specified in the error, chunk sequence 0, any old data value).

> Any attempt to touch the toast table gives me:
> ERROR: cannot change TOAST relation "pg_toast_17410"

Ugh. Maybe we should allow superusers to do that? Or is it too much of
a foot-gun?

> If I set relkind to 'r' for the toast table, shove some fake data
> in there and set it back to 't' that should do it, shouldn't it?

Offhand I think this would work, but suggest trying it in a scratch
database first ...

regards, tom lane

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