Re: pg primary key bug?

Hi,

Tom Lane wrote:

>pginfo <pginfo(at)t1(dot)unisoftbg(dot)com> writes:
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>>Will upgrade to 8.0 solve this type of problems ?
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>The problem is probably not Postgres' fault at all. I'm wondering about
>disks with write cacheing enabled. And you didn't turn off fsync,
>I trust?
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About fsync (part from postgresql.conf) :

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# WRITE AHEAD LOG
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------

# - Settings -

#fsync = true # turns forced synchronization on or off
#wal_sync_method = fsync # the default varies across platforms:
# fsync, fdatasync, open_sync, or
open_datasync
#wal_buffers = 8 # min 4, 8KB each

# - Checkpoints -

#checkpoint_segments = 3 # in logfile segments, min 1, 16MB each
#checkpoint_timeout = 300 # range 30-3600, in seconds
#checkpoint_warning = 30 # 0 is off, in seconds

Also part from pg logfile:

LOG: statistics collector process (PID 2716) exited with exit code 1
LOG: shutting down
LOG: database system is shut down
LOG: could not create IPv6 socket: Address family not supported by protocol
LOG: database system was shut down at 2005-02-11 19:58:26 EET
LOG: checkpoint record is at 2/BAC39188
LOG: redo record is at 2/BAC39188; undo record is at 0/0; shutdown TRUE
LOG: next transaction ID: 2221145; next OID: 826607
LOG: database system is ready
LOG: recycled transaction log file "00000002000000BA"
LOG: recycled transaction log file "00000002000000BB"
LOG: recycled transaction log file "00000002000000BC"
LOG: recycled transaction log file "00000002000000BD"
LOG: recycled transaction log file "00000002000000BE"
WARNING: index "a_constants_str_pkey" contains 1449 row versions, but
table contains 1422 row versions
HINT: Rebuild the index with REINDEX.
ERROR: duplicate key violates unique constraint "a_constants_str_pkey"
ERROR: duplicate key violates unique constraint "a_constants_str_pkey"
ERROR: duplicate key violates unique constraint "a_constants_str_pkey"
ERROR: duplicate key violates unique constraint "a_constants_str_pkey"
ERROR: duplicate key violates unique constraint "a_constants_str_pkey"
ERROR: duplicate key violates unique constraint "a_constants_str_pkey"
ERROR: duplicate key violates unique constraint "a_constants_str_pkey"
ERROR: duplicate key violates unique constraint "a_constants_str_pkey"
ERROR: duplicate key violates unique constraint "a_constants_str_pkey"
ERROR: duplicate key violates unique constraint "a_constants_str_pkey"
ERROR: duplicate key violates unique constraint "a_constants_str_pkey"
LOG: received smart shutdown request
FATAL: terminating connection due to administrator command
FATAL: terminating connection due to administrator command
FATAL: terminating connection due to administrator command
FATAL: terminating connection due to administrator command
FATAL: terminating connection due to administrator command
FATAL: terminating connection due to administrator command
FATAL: terminating connection due to administrator command
FATAL: terminating connection due to administrator command
FATAL: terminating connection due to administrator command
FATAL: terminating connection due to administrator command
FATAL: terminating connection due to administrator command
FATAL: terminating connection due to administrator command
FATAL: terminating connection due to administrator command
FATAL: terminating connection due to administrator command
FATAL: terminating connection due to administrator command
FATAL: terminating connection due to administrator command
FATAL: terminating connection due to administrator command
FATAL: terminating connection due to administrator command
FATAL: terminating connection due to administrator command
FATAL: terminating connection due to administrator command
FATAL: terminating connection due to administrator command
FATAL: terminating connection due to administrator command
FATAL: terminating connection due to administrator command
FATAL: terminating connection due to administrator command
FATAL: terminating connection due to administrator command
FATAL: terminating connection due to administrator command
FATAL: terminating connection due to administrator command
FATAL: terminating connection due to administrator command
FATAL: terminating connection due to administrator command
FATAL: terminating connection due to administrator command
LOG: statistics collector process (PID 2713) exited with exit code 1
LOG: shutting down
LOG: database system is shut down
LOG: could not create IPv6 socket: Address family not supported by protocol
LOG: database system was shut down at 2005-02-16 08:32:21 EET
LOG: checkpoint record is at 2/BFAE09EC
LOG: redo record is at 2/BFAE09EC; undo record is at 0/0; shutdown TRUE

Note we was informed about the problem on 2005-02-16 and rebooted the box.
As I see in log file the last restart was on 2005-02-11 and after it all
worked well.
The affected table is critical and the most used table in this system
and if the insert stop to work stop also the system.
I will notice also that in the first case when we found the same problem
an this system worked ~80 users.

Is it possible pg_dump or reindex table or vacuum analyze to make this
problem?
We are using it very regular.

Will we need to stop using vacuum full at all?

regards,
ivan.

> regards, tom lane
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