Re: newbie qs; fixing and checking databases

Rusty Wright wrote:
> Are there commands provided with postgresql for checking the databases
> and also for repairing them?  I'd like to be able to run something to
> check the databases before our nightly backups.

We don't have checks because thing rarely break.  You can do a VACUUM,
which does some elementary checking.

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