Re: Using psql

From: Stephan Szabo <sszabo(at)megazone23(dot)bigpanda(dot)com>
To: Sean Weissensee <sweiss(at)ionsol(dot)com(dot)au>
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Using psql
Date: 2001-03-12 20:44:23
Message-ID: Pine.BSF.4.21.0103121239370.97339-100000@megazone23.bigpanda.com
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On Wed, 7 Mar 2001, Sean Weissensee wrote:

> Using psql I have had this error appearing in the last 2 days
> that has not before,
>
> we are using postgres 6.2 on Redhat linux 6.2
>
> NOTICE: Message from PostgreSQL backend:
> The Postmaster has informed me that some other backend died abnormally and possibly corrupted shared memory.
> I have rolled back the current transaction and am going to terminate your database system connection and exit.
> Please reconnect to the database system and repeat your query.
> pqFlush() -- backend closed the channel unexpectedly.
> This probably means the backend terminated abnormally before or while processing the request.

Well, that's a really old version of postgres. You should
probably upgrade. In any case, there should be something
more informative in the server's logs (hopefully you've
been redirecting them somewhere useful).

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