On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 9:27 AM, Gene Hart <genekhart@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I'm getting the following errors and I'm not quite sure what to do at this point. The database is very large and I can't get it to accept commands. Please help! > > maindb =# create table test1(); > ERROR: database is not accepting commands to avoid wraparound data loss in database "maindb" > HINT: Stop the postmaster and use a standalone backend to vacuum database "maindb". > You might also need to commit or roll back old prepared transactions. > I assume that here you did /etc/init.d/postgresql stop or something like that. > [root@P00C01S01-DBM04 data]# su postgres > bash-3.2$ postgres --single -D /data1/pg2/home/data -O maindb > - - 2010-06-27 13:07:05 UTC :WARNING: database "maindb" must be vacuumed within 1000000 transactions > - - 2010-06-27 13:07:05 UTC :HINT: To avoid a database shutdown, execute a database-wide VACUUM in "maindb". > You might also need to commit or roll back old prepared transactions. So what does select * from pg_prepared_xacts; say? -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
