X-Original-To: pgsql-performance-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.2]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66AC6D1B555 for ; Wed, 22 Oct 2003 14:03:45 +0000 (GMT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (neptune.hub.org [200.46.204.2]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 15995-04 for ; Wed, 22 Oct 2003 11:03:18 -0300 (ADT) Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (unknown [192.204.191.242]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1EED5D1B560 for ; Wed, 22 Oct 2003 11:03:14 -0300 (ADT) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id h9ME36it011086; Wed, 22 Oct 2003 10:03:06 -0400 (EDT) To: CHEWTC@ap.nec.com.sg Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Postgresql performance In-reply-to: References: Comments: In-reply-to CHEWTC@ap.nec.com.sg message dated "Wed, 22 Oct 2003 18:25:51 +0800" Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 10:03:05 -0400 Message-ID: <11085.1066831385@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at postgresql.org X-Archive-Number: 200310/570 X-Sequence-Number: 4318 CHEWTC@ap.nec.com.sg writes: > Currently we are running Postgresql v7.3.2 on Redhat Linux OS v9.0. We have > Windows2000 client machines inserting records into the Postgresql tables > via ODBC. > After a few weeks of usage, when we do a \d at the sql prompt, there was a > duplicate object name, ie it can be a duplicate row of index or table. > When we do a \d table_name, it will show a duplication of column names > inside the table. Are you sure you are using 7.3 psql? This sounds like something that could happen with a pre-7.3 (not schema aware) psql, if there are multiple occurrences of the same table name in different schemas. > It doesnt affect the insertion/updating of the tables, but when we do a > pg_dump -Da -t > /exp/.sql, it will not > do a proper backup/dump. I'd wonder about whether you have the right pg_dump, too. regards, tom lane