Tom Lane wrote: > "Reid Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Is there any solution to this other than adding memory, or am I >> mis-understanding the error? > >> pg_dump: ERROR: Memory exhausted in AllocSetAlloc(875574064) >> pg_dump: lost synchronization with server, resetting connection > > My bet is that this is actually a corrupt-data problem ... > unless you actually have any 875MB fields in your table. The > implication is that the length word of a variable-width field > contains garbage. More than likely, the whole tuple is > garbaged, but this happens to be the first visible symptom. > > There is plenty of discussion of recovering from data > corruption in the archives, so go have a look. > >> v7.2.3 on RHAT 7.3 linux with 128MB RAM. > > Might want to think about an update sometime, too ;-) > > regards, tom lane
No, no 875MB fields -- the largest field is limited to 2048 chars. Heading to the archives. thanks, reid ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
