Unfortunately, I can't tell you how the exact problem ocurred. All I know is after checking my logs, I see the following:
ERROR: DeleteTypeTuple: type "tmp_clm_empl" does not exist Server process (pid 18240) exited with status 256 at Fri Dec 21 23:00:01 2001 Terminating any active server processes... NOTICE: Message from PostgreSQL backend: The Postmaster has informed me that some other backend died abnormally and possibly corrupted shared memory. I have rolled back the current transaction and am going to terminate your database system connection and exit. Please reconnect to the database system and repeat your query. NOTICE: Message from PostgreSQL backend: The Postmaster has informed me that some other backend died abnormally and possibly corrupted shared memory. I have rolled back the current transaction and am going to terminate your database system connection and exit. Please reconnect to the database system and repeat your query. Server processes were terminated at Fri Dec 21 23:00:01 2001 Reinitializing shared memory and semaphores DEBUG: database system was interrupted at 2001-12-21 22:55:12 PST DEBUG: CheckPoint record at (1, 1434926108) DEBUG: Redo record at (1, 1434926108); Undo record at (0, 0); Shutdown FALSE DEBUG: NextTransactionId: 6669205; NextOid: 11842876 DEBUG: database system was not properly shut down; automatic recovery in progress... DEBUG: redo starts at (1, 1434926172) NOTICE: PageAddItem: tried overwrite of used ItemId FATAL 2: heap_insert_redo: failed to add tuple ./postmaster: Startup proc 18280 exited with status 512 - abort Subsequent attempts to restart Postgres gives me the message of: DEBUG: database system was interrupted being in recovery at 2001-12-21 23:21:33 PST This propably means that some data blocks are corrupted and you will have to use last backup for recovery. DEBUG: CheckPoint record at (1, 1434926108) DEBUG: Redo record at (1, 1434926108); Undo record at (0, 0); Shutdown FALSE DEBUG: NextTransactionId: 6669205; NextOid: 11842876 DEBUG: database system was not properly shut down; automatic recovery in progress... DEBUG: redo starts at (1, 1434926172) NOTICE: PageAddItem: tried overwrite of used ItemId FATAL 2: heap_insert_redo: failed to add tuple ./postmaster: Startup proc 22045 exited with status 512 - abort The platform this is running on is: PostgreSQL 7.1.3 Solaris X86 8 7/01 release + ATA patch Dual Athlon XP 1600+ Tyan S2460 MB 768MB ECC DDR266 Memory ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])