select * from pg_prepared_xacts; returns 0 rows. Is there anything else I could check to see why the backend wouldn't accept commands? thanks, Gene On Jun 27, 2010, at 9:37 AM, Scott Marlowe wrote: > 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
