Jeff Ross <jross(at)wykids(dot)org> writes:
> When psql begins loading this file, it throws the error:
> psql:/tmp/people.sql:79: ERROR: unrecognized node type: 655
Hmm. Can you try that with \set VERBOSITY verbose so we can determine
where the error is being thrown from?
> The interesting thing is that this exact process works just fine to a
> third machine also running 8.2.4
The example doesn't fail for me, either.
We've occasionally seen messages of this type from poorly-done local
modifications to the backend. How did you come by the postgres
executables you're using on the problem machine?
regards, tom lane