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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Romanenko Mikhail <mikhail@angg.ru>
Cc: pgsql-interfaces@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Error message: "my bits moved right off the end of the world!"
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 12:55:17 -0500
Message-ID: <2293.976643717@sss.pgh.pa.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <006501c05ff8$a3697720$01011cac@angg.ru>
References: <006501c05ff8$a3697720$01011cac@angg.ru>

"Romanenko Mikhail" <mikhail@angg.ru> writes:
> Could anybody tell me what does this error message "my bits moved
> right off the end of the world!" mean.

It's an internal error in the btree index routines.

I would *love* to see an example that reproduces this error from a
standing start (ie, newly created database).  I suspect there's a
corner-case bug somewhere in btree, but it's never been possible
to find it without a test case...

			regards, tom lane



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