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Re: Corrupted index, what do i do?ruc

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> Since you were running with fsync off, you must have had good backups or
> replication configured, because the documentation warns you that running
> with fsync=off will probably destroy your data and is only for expert users.

Yes, i know, i have a replica and slow disk.

> In case you don't have a current replica or backup: first, before you do
> ANYTHING ELSE follow the instructions here:
>
> http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Corruption
>
> Now - **AFTER** following the instructions above - start the database in
> single user recovery mode. See:
>
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/app-postgres.html
>
> where the "--single" command line argument for the "postgres" executable is
> documented.
>
> Once you have a single user mode backend running you can REINDEX then shut
> the backend down, start back up in multi-user mode, and see if you have any
> luck.

Good, may be said wiki page about corruption can be expanded to
include this steps?



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Evgeny

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