Re: [GENERAL] PITR for postgresql-7.3

2007-08-13 Thread Tom Lane
Mary Ellen Fitzpatrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am trying to run pg_dump on the database with the corrupt table, and > try to restore the database. I also tried to vacuumdb the database and > get the same error. > I get the following error. > pg_dump > pg_dump: query to o

Re: [GENERAL] PITR for postgresql-7.3

2007-08-13 Thread Mary Ellen Fitzpatrick
I am trying to run pg_dump on the database with the corrupt table, and try to restore the database. I also tried to vacuumdb the database and get the same error. I get the following error. pg_dump pg_dump: query to obtain list of data types failed: PANIC: read of clog file 100

Re: [GENERAL] PITR for postgresql-7.3

2007-08-10 Thread Merlin Moncure
On 8/10/07, Mary Ellen Fitzpatrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Merlin, > > I am willing to spend the time, as it is an important table. I am a > newbie at this and it has fallen into my lap. > From what the user tells me, it is only the one table. > Not sure if fsync was running, how can I tell?

Re: [GENERAL] PITR for postgresql-7.3

2007-08-10 Thread Merlin Moncure
On 8/10/07, Mary Ellen Fitzpatrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > We are running postgresql-7.3.3 and we had a hardware controller and > disk failure on the system. And of course the database does not appear > to be backup anywhere. > > I was reading about PITR and was wondering if that is a

[GENERAL] PITR for postgresql-7.3

2007-08-10 Thread Mary Ellen Fitzpatrick
Hi, We are running postgresql-7.3.3 and we had a hardware controller and disk failure on the system. And of course the database does not appear to be backup anywhere. I was reading about PITR and was wondering if that is applicable to my version. We do have pg_xlog files and I am wondering