> [ . . . ]
> > Restarting the server didn't make a difference.
>
> I upgraded to beta3 just now and the problem persists. I
> didn't do an initdb obviously cuz
> I cannot save the data via pg_dump. Beta3 will read beta2
> data OK (I guess this means that
> an initdb is not required when going from beta2 to beta3?!)
> but I can't vacuum or dump on
> any database.
So, server doesn't restart?
Could add
wal_debug = 1
to postgresql.conf, start postmaster and send me stderr output?
Vadim