Could this be happening if I'm running out of Mem+Swap in the middle of a
query?
--Arsalan.
> >
> > Does your server log have any entries at around that point for the
actual
> > backend death? Do you have a core file?
>
> No core file, but here's the stuff from the log. Strange, I don't remember
> kill -9'ing the backend...
>
> > DEBUG: server process (pid 26460) was terminated by signal 9
> DEBUG: terminating any other active server processes
> 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.
> DEBUG: all server processes terminated; reinitializing shared memory and
> semaphores
> DEBUG: database system was interrupted at 2002-03-15 20:56:17 IST
> DEBUG: checkpoint record is at 33/CBC5968
> DEBUG: redo record is at 33/CBC5968; undo record is at 0/0; shutdown
FALSE
> DEBUG: next transaction id: 5946; next oid: 783000267
> DEBUG: database system was not properly shut down; automatic recovery in
> progress
> DEBUG: ReadRecord: record with zero length at 33/CBC59A8
> DEBUG: redo is not required
> DEBUG: database system is ready
>
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