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Why does my table hold duplicate primary keys?
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Problem
To my big (and worrying) surprise I just realized that my table with millions of rows, has a few handful of rows, where the primary key (ID) is a duplicate! I don't understand how this can ever happen, and how I might prevent it in the future?
The column holding the primary key is, and has always been, subject to a
I'm running postgreql 9.3.4 on ubuntu.
UPDATE
@Mat: Datatype is
@ypercube: Yes,
@Craig: Yes, I have done a failover before, and my slave is actually 9.3.3
The column holding the primary key is, and has always been, subject to a
CONSTRAINT fruits_pkey PRIMARY KEY(id);I'm running postgreql 9.3.4 on ubuntu.
UPDATE
@Mat: Datatype is
integer@ypercube: Yes,
select count() from (select count() from fruits group by id having count(*) > 1) as t1 returns 41.@Craig: Yes, I have done a failover before, and my slave is actually 9.3.3
Solution
It was all caused by the bug described and fixed in this release: http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1506/
It caused us a lot of trouble!
It caused us a lot of trouble!
Context
StackExchange Database Administrators Q#62675, answer score: 6
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