=?KOI8-R?Q?=F3=CF=CC=CF=C4=CF=D7=CE=C9=CB=CF=D7_=EB=CF=CE=D3=D4=C1?= =?KOI8-R?Q?=CE=D4=C9=CE?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> It seems to me that your kernel must have lost that file for you; Postgres >> wouldn't have gone out and deleted it. > How could kernel _loose_ the file, which was already created? > I would agree with the possibility of loosing some data in the file during > the backend crash. > But loosing the whole file ... > The sequence was previously created in an already committed transaction. > Correct me if I am wrong, but after I said "commit" the file would be on my > disk. Sooner than that: a create call is issued to the kernel as soon as you say CREATE SEQUENCE. > If so, how can backend's crash "erase" the file from disk? I'd like to know that too. > BTW, I have some more facts to report. > Just about half an hour ago the backend crashed one more time in the same > situation. Backtrace from core file, please? > Now it has not only lost the file for my sequence (the same very sequence), > but it also has TWO tuples in the pg_class table with the name of my > sequence. > All other attribites of the tuples also hold identical values. > And PGSQL doesn't consider it to be a sequence. Could we see the exact contents of pg_class for the sequence? (both tuples including OIDs) > When I say 'DROP SEQUENCE ...' it says that it is not a sequence and advises > me to use 'DROP TABLE'. > When I say 'DROP TABLE ...' it says something like 'cannot drop system table > pg_temp.XXXXX.X' (I changed the actial digits into 'X'-es. Not sure about > exact words.) Hm, that sounds like some sort of conflict with a temp table. Is it possible that you have been using a temp table name that matches the sequence name? Are there any pg_class entries whose names begin with pg_temp, and if so could we see details on those too? regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster