Re: 8.2.4 signal 11 with large transaction

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bill Moran <wmoran(at)collaborativefusion(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: 8.2.4 signal 11 with large transaction
Date: 2007-07-20 16:51:47
Message-ID: 10872.1184950307@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Bill Moran <wmoran(at)collaborativefusion(dot)com> writes:
> I'm now full of mystery and wonder. It would appear as if the
> underlying problem has something to do with PHP, but why should this
> cause a backend process to crash?

I'd bet on PHP submitting the query via extended query protocol
(PQexecParams or equivalent) instead of plain ol PQexec which is what
psql uses. I don't speak PHP or have it installed here, so this example
is hard for me to investigate. Can someone make a reproducer that uses
PQexecParams?

regards, tom lane

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