Re: [HACKERS] [6.5.3] FATAL 1: my bits moved right off the end of the world!

From: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] [6.5.3] FATAL 1: my bits moved right off the end of the world!
Date: 1999-12-14 20:52:50
Message-ID: Pine.BSF.4.21.9912141651580.34471-100000@thelab.hub.org
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On Tue, 14 Dec 1999, Tom Lane wrote:

> Isn't that what you get after a btree index has gotten corrupted?
> (Probably by trying to insert a too-large index entry?)
>
> I thought we'd put in a defense against oversize index entries,
> but maybe it hasn't made it to the REL6_5 series...

Suggestion on what to check for this? if it restart the process, it
appears to resume from where it left off, so I'm guessing it isn't in the
application itself...?

Marc G. Fournier ICQ#7615664 IRC Nick: Scrappy
Systems Administrator @ hub.org
primary: scrappy(at)hub(dot)org secondary: scrappy(at){freebsd|postgresql}.org

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