Re: index "pg_authid_rolname_index" is not a btree

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Andrus Moor <kobruleht2(at)hot(dot)ee>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: index "pg_authid_rolname_index" is not a btree
Date: 2009-08-18 21:38:19
Message-ID: 20090818213819.GA4885@alvh.no-ip.org
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Andrus Moor wrote:
> Hard disk containing PostgreSql 8.1 database on Windows crashes and
> there was no new
> backup copy.
>
> I installed 8.1.9 to new computer and copied data directory from
> crashed disk to it.
> data directory contains a lot of files with a lot of data.
>
> Trying to connect to template0 or any other database in this cluster causes
> error
>
> Error connecting to the server: FATAL: index "pg_authid_rolname_index" is
> not a btree

You can get around that particular problem by reindexing the pg_authid
table. But my guess is that you'll find that there's corruption
elsewhere that's not so easily recoverable ...

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Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/
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