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how_to:repairing_corrupted_database [2022/08/01 18:30] – [Repairing corrupted database] paulhow_to:repairing_corrupted_database [2024/01/15 11:35] (current) paul
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     badid INT;     badid INT;
 begin begin
 +DROP TABLE IF EXISTS badids;
 +CREATE TEMP TABLE badids (msgdataid BIGINT);
 FOR badid IN SELECT msgdataid FROM messages.msgdata ORDER BY msgdataid LOOP FOR badid IN SELECT msgdataid FROM messages.msgdata ORDER BY msgdataid LOOP
     curid = curid + 1;     curid = curid + 1;
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     exception     exception
         when others then         when others then
 +            INSERT INTO badids (msgdataid) VALUES(badid);
             raise notice 'data for message % is corrupt', badid;             raise notice 'data for message % is corrupt', badid;
             continue;             continue;
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 This will read all the messages from the database, and tell you which message(s) it encountered an error with This will read all the messages from the database, and tell you which message(s) it encountered an error with
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 +However, sometimes it won't find all problem messages, so it is a good idea to run it again after fixing any problems, until this script doesn't find any more errors. 
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 +This script stores the bad message IDs in a temporary table called 'badids', so you can look at the values using 'SELECT * FROM badids;' or use the table to help with other functions if it helps (and you know SQL)
  
 ===Getting message summary info=== ===Getting message summary info===
how_to/repairing_corrupted_database.txt · Last modified: 2024/01/15 11:35 by paul