"Andrew Hall" <temp02@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > We have a long running DB application using PG7.4.6. We do a VACUUM FULL > every night and a normal 'maintenance' VACUUM every hour. We do nothing with > any indexes. Every now and then we get errors from the database whereby an > update will fail on a table saying that there is duplicate violation on a > primary keyed row. Theoretically this is impossible as the constraint should > prevent any duplication, ever. When the next vacuum is run, we see an error > saying that there are more rows than the database can account for (or words > to that effect) and we should either REINDEX or TRUNCATE the table. Could we see the exact log trace, rather than handwaving? Also the schemas of the table(s)/index(es) involved might be useful. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org