Steve Wolfe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>    So, I did "dd if=/dev/zero of=/usr/local/pgsql/data/pg_clog/0089 
> bs=8k count=1".  I did an ls to verify that the file existed.  I started 
> the postmaster back up, tried a VACUUM, and got:

> vacuumdb: vacuuming of database "hyperseek" failed: ERROR:  could not 
> access status of transaction 144565028
> DETAIL:  could not open file "/usr/local/pgsql/data/pg_clog/0089": No 
> such file or directory

>    I looked, and the "0089" file was gone again.  Is there anything I 
> can do to save the situation?  (The PG version is 7.4.2)

Try vacuuming the damaged database *first*.  vacuumdb is probably
starting off with something that hasn't got a problem.  CLOG will only
get truncated at the end of a successful database-wide vacuum ... but
in this case that's too soon.

                        regards, tom lane

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