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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Lukasz Brodziak <lukasz.brodziak@gmail.com>
Cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Could not read block error question
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2010 10:40:29 -0400
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Lukasz Brodziak <lukasz.brodziak@gmail.com> writes:
> One question about blocks in PG. I got an error "Could not read block
> <no.> of relation...." it appeared to be in pg_trigger but the thing
> is that the block number was 110 and the file has only 67 pages. So
> the question is how is it possible?

Well, that's why it failed to read the block ;-).  The real question is
why was it trying to read a block that doesn't exist in the table.
I'd bet on a corrupt index myself, so try reindexing.

			regards, tom lane



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