On Dec 17, 2007 3:14 PM, Shane Ambler <pgsql@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I sorted out the problem. I think I had too many postgres installations in my system. I removed them and compiled both postgresql and slony fro scratch and it just worked...Thanks again
Not sure I can help much, I only read out of interest, but thought
clarifying a few things may help.7.4 is the master?
SHARMILA JOTHIRAJAH wrote:
> Hi I had posted this in the slony mailing list but no luck in getting
> any answers...Pls help me as I'm stuck with this error for the last 4
> days
>
>
>
> Im trying to replicate between postgres version 7.4.18 and version
> 8.1.10.
yes
This is the 7.4 config? is the 8.1 config the same?
> I configured postgres-7.4 with enable-thread-safety option
>
> I configured slony1 with this command
>
> ./configure --prefix=/export/home/josh/slony7.4
> --enable-thread-safety
> --with-pgconfigdir=/export/home/josh/postgres7.4/bin
> --with-pgsourcetree=/export/home/josh/postgresql-7.4.18
>
(your not building slony for 8.1 against a 7.4 source tree?)
Are both versions running on the same machine?
Yes
What version of Slony? same for both servers?
Yes slony version 1.2.12
On the 7.4 machine?
>
> When i try to execute the this script
yes
> #!/bin/sh
>
> slonik <<_EOF_ cluster name = slony_example;
>
> node 1 admin conninfo = 'dbname=$MASTERDBNAME host=$MASTERHOST
> user=$REPLICATIONUSER'; node 2 admin conninfo = 'dbname=$SLAVEDBNAME
> host=$SLAVEHOST user=$REPLICATIONUSER';
>
> init cluster ( id=1, comment = 'Master Node');
>
> create set (id=1, origin=1, comment='All pgbench tables'); set add
> table (set id=1, origin=1, id=1, fully qualified name =
> 'public.sample1', comment='accounts table'); store node (id=2,
> comment = 'Slave node');
>
> store path (server = 1, client = 2, conninfo='dbname=$MASTERDBNAME
> host=$MASTERHOST user=$REPLICATIONUSER'); store path (server = 2,
> client = 1, conninfo='dbname=$SLAVEDBNAME host=$SLAVEHOST
> user=$REPLICATIONUSER');
>
> _EOF_
>
>
>
> I get theis error
>
> <stdin>:21: PGRES_FATAL_ERROR load '$libdir/xxid'; - ERROR: could
> not load library "/export/home/josh/postgres7.4/lib/xxid.so":
> ld.so.1: postgres: fatal: relocation error: file
> /export/home/josh/postgres7.4/lib/xxid.so: symbol
> GetTopTransactionId: referenced symbol not found
>
> <stdin>:21: Error: the extension for the xxid data type cannot be
> loaded in database 'dbname=testdb1 host=172.31.0.67 user=josh'
> <stdin>:21: ERROR: no admin conninfo for node 134701624
>
>
>
>
> The same works fine between postgresql versions 8.1.10 and 8.2.5 .
>
> Why do I get this error when replicating between versions 7.4 and8.1.
> Does slony1 replicate between these 2 versions? If so is there any
> other settings that needs to be done?
>
