"Jim Buttafuoco" <jim(at)buttafuoco(dot)net> writes:
> OIDJOIN had this...
> ! psql: server closed the connection unexpectedly
> ! This probably means the server terminated abnormally
> ! before or while processing the request.
This is bad. There should be a core dump file --- can you provide
a debugger backtrace from it?
regards, tom lane