[GENERAL] invalid primary checkpoint record

2006-06-28 Thread zhicheng wang
dear all we have the following issues and cannot start the postgresql server: postgresql 8.0.5 redhat EL WS4 U3 the computer was shutdown properly. then the user restarted the computer, in the middle of rebooting, he switched off the power button on the wall. after that we cannot start the

[GENERAL] postgresql training course, please recommend

2004-06-11 Thread zhicheng wang
dear all can any one recommend a good postgresql training course in the UK. thanks cheng = Best wishes Z C Wang ___ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - so many all-new ways to express yourself

[GENERAL] pg_dumpall and large objects

2004-06-09 Thread zhicheng wang
hi, the man page says pg_dump cannot dump large objects. can some one help me on what does this realy mean? how large is large? if we have some icons can we still use pg_dumpall to backup the db? also large objects do not include large strings, right? thanks cheng = Best wishes Z C Wang

Re: [GENERAL] pg_class could not be found

2004-06-06 Thread zhicheng wang
, zhicheng wang wrote: hi, i can see the file 1259 is there and the db apparently working normal and can be started/stopped OK. if your tool cannot work on this set of db, does it mean that the db is problematic? i am realy worried. thanks in advance for advice. cheng

Re: [GENERAL] pg_class could not be found

2004-06-05 Thread zhicheng wang
, maybe strace it to see where it's going wrong. Hope this helps, On Fri, Jun 04, 2004 at 02:33:08PM +0100, zhicheng wang wrote: hi, has any one used Martijn van Oosterhout's PostgreSQL table checker and dumper (pgfsck, at http://svana.org/kleptog/pgsql/pgfsck.html)? i ran

Re: [GENERAL] after using pg_resetxlog, db lost

2004-06-04 Thread zhicheng wang
sorry for the late reply in case it is useful to any one. the db server uses san to store the data. the update is only to the bios of the fibre card. if this is wrong, many other files should also go wrong, which is not the case. cheng --- Tom Lane [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

[GENERAL] pg_class could not be found

2004-06-04 Thread zhicheng wang
hi, has any one used Martijn van Oosterhout's PostgreSQL table checker and dumper (pgfsck, at http://svana.org/kleptog/pgsql/pgfsck.html)? i ran this again my database and it gives this error: Couldn't find relation pg_class(1259) does any one know what this is about cheng = Best wishes

Re: [GENERAL] pg_class could not be found

2004-06-04 Thread zhicheng wang
, maybe strace it to see where it's going wrong. Hope this helps, On Fri, Jun 04, 2004 at 02:33:08PM +0100, zhicheng wang wrote: hi, has any one used Martijn van Oosterhout's PostgreSQL table checker and dumper (pgfsck, at http://svana.org/kleptog/pgsql/pgfsck.html)? i ran

[GENERAL] pg_xlog

2004-06-04 Thread zhicheng wang
can any one tell me about the meaning of pg_xlog/0F1 pg_xlog/0F2 pg_xlog/0F3 pg_xlog/0F4 .. pg_xlog/0F8 is the pg_xlog/000 missing thanks chneg = Best wishes Z C Wang

Re: [GENERAL] after using pg_resetxlog, db lost

2004-06-04 Thread zhicheng wang
it may be not that bad - thanks to Martijn van Oosterhout's tool, we can recover all the tables apart from three which type could not be recognised. this was a test db. but i have learnt a lot and also have a feel of the seriousness if the real thing broken. Thanks to every one and i hope that

Re: [GENERAL] after using pg_resetxlog, db lost

2004-06-02 Thread zhicheng wang
Hi, the /var/log/pgsql is empty but on this message log, what is rhdb: ^[[60G[? i do not see this before thanks cheng --- Richard Huxton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: zhicheng wang wrote: Hi Richard Huxton below is the rhdb part of the shutdown log any indications for the failed

[GENERAL] after using pg_resetxlog, db lost

2004-06-01 Thread zhicheng wang
dear all after we shutdown the rh_postgres-server 7.3.6, rhdb could not start. we tried pg_resetxlog -f PGDATA then the server can be started, but only template0 and template1 db available. our database not listed. please any help thanks cheng

Re: [GENERAL] after using pg_resetxlog, db lost

2004-06-01 Thread zhicheng wang
please help cheng --- Richard Huxton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: zhicheng wang wrote: dear all after we shutdown the rh_postgres-server 7.3.6, rhdb could not start. we tried pg_resetxlog -f PGDATA then the server can be started, but only template0 and template1 db available

Re: [GENERAL] after using pg_resetxlog, db lost

2004-06-01 Thread zhicheng wang
Hi Richard Huxton below is the rhdb part of the shutdown log any indications for the failed restart? thanks cheng May 28 15:43:37 sanlinux rhdb: Stopping PostgreSQL - Red Hat Edition service: May 28 15:43:37 sanlinux su(pam_unix)[12400]: session opened for user postgres by (uid=0) May 28