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

From: Peter Eisentraut <e99re41(at)DoCS(dot)UU(dot)SE>
To: Ed Loehr <ELOEHR(at)austin(dot)rr(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] "FATAL 1: my bits moved right off the end of the world!"
Date: 1999-11-30 19:37:23
Message-ID: Pine.GSO.4.02A.9911302036140.13278-100000@Vessla.DoCS.UU.SE
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This is getting to be our favourite error message...

It is caused by a corrupted B-Tree index. Drop and recreate that one.

On Tue, 30 Nov 1999, Ed Loehr wrote:

> I have run into this error message a few times now in various circumstances
> (using pgsql v6.5.2 on Linux 2.2.5-15smp):
>
> "FATAL 1: my bits moved right off the end of the world!"
>
> Does anyone have a clue as to what scenarios cause this? (It apparently comes
> from line 506 of .../src/backend/access/nbtree/nbtpage.c)
>
> I've had the luxury of being early in development and being able to rebuild my
> DB to remove the symptom, but that will soon change.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Ed Loehr
>
>
> ************
>
>

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