Hello, A client database crashed last night and I think I found the solution to the problem at http://www.varlena.com/varlena/GeneralBits/45.php "Database Recovery Procedures ". The solution was to append the file with enough zeros to get the file size correct. The solution was to run
dd bs=8k count=1 < /dev/zero >> $PGDATA/pg_clog/0005 which added the zeros to the end. However my error values are a little different from ones in the example and the person who posted this noted that this should NOT be tried haphazardly. Since I'd rather not crash a client's database to the point of no recovery I wouldn't mind having someone with more knowledge of PostgreSQL post the command with the correct arguments to fix the problem, or tell me I'm off my rocker trying to fix it this way. Following is pg_ctl's output when trying to start the database. Following that is the directory listing for the pg_clog directory. LOG: checkpoint record is at 1/383BDFC0 LOG: redo record is at 1/383BDFC0; undo record is at 0/0; shutdown TRUE LOG: next transaction id: 15038948; next oid: 3293693 LOG: database system was not properly shut down; automatic recovery in progress LOG: ReadRecord: unexpected pageaddr 1/363BE000 in log file 1, segment 56, offset 3923968 LOG: redo is not required PANIC: XLogWrite: write request 1/383BE000 is past end of log 1/383BE000 LOG: startup process (pid 1555) was terminated by signal 6 LOG: aborting startup due to startup process failure pgsql/data/pg_clog/* -rw------- 1 postgres postgres 262144 Mar 14 13:10 0000 -rw------- 1 postgres postgres 262144 Mar 24 15:35 0001 -rw------- 1 postgres postgres 262144 Mar 27 00:04 0002 -rw------- 1 postgres postgres 262144 Mar 29 18:06 0003 -rw------- 1 postgres postgres 262144 Apr 1 00:39 0004 -rw------- 1 postgres postgres 262144 Apr 3 09:54 0005 -rw------- 1 postgres postgres 262144 Apr 5 21:39 0006 -rw------- 1 postgres postgres 262144 Apr 8 03:26 0007 -rw------- 1 postgres postgres 262144 Apr 10 10:15 0008 -rw------- 1 postgres postgres 262144 Apr 12 21:05 0009 -rw------- 1 postgres postgres 262144 Apr 15 00:32 000A -rw------- 1 postgres postgres 262144 Apr 17 03:38 000B -rw------- 1 postgres postgres 262144 Apr 19 13:07 000C -rw------- 1 postgres postgres 262144 Apr 21 13:38 000D -rw------- 1 postgres postgres 90112 Apr 22 07:01 000E Thanks Kevin ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly