peter(at)vfemail(dot)net writes:
> I have a perl script that's worked flawlessly for years to extract data from a PostgreSQL database and write the data to a text file once a day. The script is now terminating abnormally with this message:
> DBD::Pg::db selectall_arrayref failed: ERROR:
> could not read block 53044 of relation "news":
> Input/output error at {script name} line 93.
"Input/output error" generally means a hardware problem. You might try
looking in the kernel log to see if there's any more info there.
regards, tom lane