<table id="functions-data-sanity-table">
<title>Data Sanity Functions</title>
- <tgroup cols="3">
+ <tgroup cols="1">
<thead>
- <row><entry>Name</entry> <entry>Return Type</entry> <entry>Description</entry>
+ <row>
+ <entry role="func_table_entry"><para role="func_signature">
+ Function
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Description
+ </para></entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
- <entry>
- <literal><function>pg_relation_check_pages(<parameter>relation</parameter> <type>regclass</type> [, <parameter>fork</parameter> <type>text</type> <literal>DEFAULT</literal> <literal>NULL</literal> ])</function></literal>
- </entry>
- <entry><type>setof record</type></entry>
- <entry>Check the pages of a relation.
- </entry>
+ <entry role="func_table_entry"><para role="func_signature">
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>pg_relation_check_pages</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <function>pg_relation_check_pages</function> ( <parameter>relation</parameter> <type>regclass</type> [, <parameter>fork</parameter> <type>text</type> ] )
+ <returnvalue>setof record</returnvalue>
+ ( <parameter>path</parameter> <type>text</type>,
+ <parameter>failed_block_num</parameter> <type>bigint</type> )
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Checks the pages of the specified relation to see if they are valid
+ enough to safely be loaded into the server's shared buffers. If
+ given, <parameter>fork</parameter> specifies that only the pages of
+ the given fork are to be verified. <parameter>fork</parameter> can
+ be <literal>main</literal> for the main data
+ fork, <literal>fsm</literal> for the free space
+ map, <literal>vm</literal> for the visibility map,
+ or <literal>init</literal> for the initialization fork. The
+ default of <literal>NULL</literal> means that all forks of the
+ relation should be checked. The function returns a list of block
+ numbers that appear corrupted along with the path names of their
+ files. Use of this function is restricted to superusers by
+ default, but access may be granted to others
+ using <command>GRANT</command>.
+ </para></entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
- <indexterm>
- <primary>pg_relation_check_pages</primary>
- </indexterm>
- <para id="functions-check-relation-note" xreflabel="pg_relation_check_pages">
- <function>pg_relation_check_pages</function> iterates over all blocks of a
- given relation and verifies if they are in a state where they can safely
- be loaded into the shared buffers. If defined,
- <replaceable>fork</replaceable> specifies that only the pages of the given
- fork are to be verified. Fork can be <literal>'main'</literal> for the
- main data fork, <literal>'fsm'</literal> for the free space map,
- <literal>'vm'</literal> for the visibility map, or
- <literal>'init'</literal> for the initialization fork. The default of
- <literal>NULL</literal> means that all the forks of the relation are
- checked. The function returns a list of blocks that are considered as
- corrupted with the path of the related file. Use of this function is
- restricted to superusers by default but access may be granted to others
- using <command>GRANT</command>.
- </para>
-
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