block error, but can't pg_dump

From: NOW Web Sites Manager <webperson(at)now(dot)org>
To: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: block error, but can't pg_dump
Date: 2008-06-13 16:41:20
Message-ID: 200806131647.m5DGkwT8013886@smtp.well.com
Views: Raw Message | Whole Thread | Download mbox | Resend email
Thread:
Lists: pgsql-admin

I have a table that reports one block error when I try to select
everything, reindex, vacuum, etc. (invalid page header in block
413620 of relation "tablename") I've read on the list that the thing
to do is use pg_dump and then restore it. However, pg_dump fails
with the same error.

I can't take down the whole server, let alone easily Postgresql, to
debug this. Any ideas as to how I could do this? I wrote a Perl
script to select the records one by one but it didn't find a bad
record although maybe it's how I wrote the script (it just selected
the records one by one.)

I also don't know enough about Postgresql data/blocks to figure out
which data is in that block and what I'd do with that.

Thanks in advance. P.S. "relation" means the table, not an index,
right? I don't see an index with the same name as the table, but
thought I'd check.

Responses

Browse pgsql-admin by date

  From Date Subject
Next Message Tom Lane 2008-06-13 19:44:46 Re: block error, but can't pg_dump
Previous Message Rafael Domiciano 2008-06-13 16:06:31 Re: Revoke for a new role