Re: Strange error (Socket command option unknown)

Hi Carlos,

Just to give everyone a bit more background information, which version
of PostgreSQL are you having the troubles with, and which operating
system is it running on?

:-)

Regards and best wishes,

Justin Clift

Carlos Moreno wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I hope this is the right list to post this question.
>
> I'm at a loss trying to figure out a strange error message
> I'm getting (at an excessively high rate -- around 200 times
> per day, out of a total of several hundred thousands statements
> executed per day).
>
> The error message reads:
>
> "FATAL 1: Socket command option e unknown"
>
>
> And the server closes the connection. Actually, the
> complete error message contains several lines, and reads:
>
> FATAL 1: Socket command option e unknown
> server closed the connection unexpectedly
> This probably means that the server terminated abnormally
> before or while processing the request.
>
>
> Except that the server does not shutdown (more statements
> continue to arrive, and they're executed).
>
> I checked the docs, but I can't figure out what may be
> happening, so I'm at a loss at trying to determine what to
> do. (the one thing I did notice is that it is related to
> one specific statement -- however, it's not that the
> statement is unconditionally wrong: it does execute
> several thousand times per day, and it succeeds most of
> the time)
>
> Any ideas? Pointers where to look for more information
> would also be highly appreciated!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Carlos
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