On 26/11/05 4:14 pm, "Tom Lane" <tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Adam Witney <awitney@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: >> pg_dump: ERROR: unexpected chunk number 5153 (expected 21) for toast value >> 245334402 > >> measured_bioassay_base is always inserted at the same time as mba_data_base >> (the table where I had the problem before) and it has a text field which is >> very large.. > > How large is "very large" ... on the order of 10Mb? If so I'd say this > is the same problem as we saw in your table --- a lot of consecutive > rows have gone missing. You could examine the toast table to confirm > or deny this. Yes, around 10Mb is about right. I deleted the two datasets in mba_data_base that were affected by the empty pages, I also deleted the relevant two rows in measured_bioassay_base... But maybe it didn't do the right thing with the toast table for these two rows? Where would I need to look to see what the problem is? Thanks again for the help. Adam -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.