Re: "out of balance" result on select from suspected index corruption

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Henry - Zen Search SA" <henry(at)zen(dot)co(dot)za>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: "out of balance" result on select from suspected index corruption
Date: 2008-06-30 14:51:36
Message-ID: 25835.1214837496@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Henry - Zen Search SA" <henry(at)zen(dot)co(dot)za> writes:
> Our selects which have run normally for a very long time suddenly started:

> - consuming all memory.
> - crashing (oom) if the select was run directly.
> - producing "out of balance" results in one of the column results if run
> from within a function.

The string "out of balance" appears nowhere in the PG 8.2.x sources.
So I suppose it must have come from some add-on code, or perhaps got
inserted on the client side. What data type is that column, and what
non-core code is involved?

regards, tom lane

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