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Fix for GBase 8a Metadata Loss After Unclean Shutdown

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from DEV Community ·

GBase 8a clusters may lose table distribution metadata after an abrupt shutdown, causing queries to fail with a distribution attribute error. The recommended fix is to manually insert the missing row into the gbase.table_distribution system table. After inserting, restart the gcluster service to restore table accessibility.

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This is a niche but critical fix for database administrators running GBase 8a, highlighting the fragility of in-memory metadata in distributed databases.
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Fixing "Can't get distribution attribute of table" in GBase 8a →
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