Re: is there a psql equivilent of fsck?

From: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Ben <bench(at)silentmedia(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: is there a psql equivilent of fsck?
Date: 2007-08-13 18:16:22
Message-ID: 46C09FF6.3090801@commandprompt.com
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Ben wrote:
> We recently installed and populated a new postgres 7.3 server, which was
> quickly abused with a good 12 hours of 115-degree heat. Now, we see
> ~1000 rows missing from a single table, and given our application, a
> delete of those rows seems a very remote possibility. Is there some
> database analogy to fsck I can run?
>
> FWIW the hardware raid claims everything is just fine.

If you are missing 1000 rows, you deleted your data , you had
transaction wrap or your hardware is toast. If your hardware as toast
there would be a lot of other issues cropping up.

Why are you installing a "new" postgres 7.3 server. It isn't even
officially supported anymore.

Joshua D. Drake

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