Csaba Nagy <nagy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > System: postgres 8.1.3p, not a released version but a CVS checkout > somewhere after 8.1.3 was released. Updating to 8.1.6 or later would fix your "failed to re-find parent key" problem. > Trouble: the autovacuum daemon is still taking that table and vacuums > it... how do I know ? If that table has a TOAST table you might need to mark the toast table as disabled too. Or maybe it's forcing a vacuum because it's worried about XID wraparound? regards, tom lane