Re: Create table/view/index hanging following server crash

Tom,
I can't thank you enough. It was pg_attribute, and a reindex cleared up
the problem.

regards, kim

Tom Lane wrote:

>Kim <kim(at)myemma(dot)com> writes:
>
>
>>In looking around the catalogs to try and see any more clues, I took a
>>look at pg_namespace. There were temp table namespaces listed there,
>>however there should be no temp tables on the system right now at all.
>>
>>
>
>This is normal.
>
>
>
>>Is there a clean way to clear those temp namespaces out?
>>
>>
>
>Don't worry about them, they'll be cleaned out on re-use. What you need
>to find is the system catalog corruption that is causing memory bloat
>during a CREATE TABLE. Does a SELECT * FROM pg_class show any problem?
>How about pg_attribute and pg_type? If plain SELECT is OK then the
>issue is likely index corruption, which you could fix with REINDEX.
>
> regards, tom lane
>
>
>

--

*kim hatcher*
senior developer, emma®
e: kim(at)myemma(dot)com <mailto:kim(at)myemma(dot)com>
p: 800 595 4401
w: www.myemma.com <http://www.myemma.com>