Gavin Sherry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Without looking at the actual data, it seems like > PhonyHeapTupleSatisfiesNow() in GetRawDatabaseInfo() might be to blame.
That was my theory too, but having looked at the tuple, it's perfectly valid. However, it appears that its xmin is way in the past, which means that snapshot-aware scans won't see it. I think what happened is that the DBA of this database (Dave says it ain't him!) never did any database-wide vacuums, and thereby allowed the info in pg_database to get old enough to slide out of the transaction window without being frozen :-( regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster