Scott Ribe <scott_ribe@killerbytes.com> writes:
>> Possibly you got bit by the recently-fixed LISTEN/NOTIFY race condition?
>> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-bugs/2008-03/msg00094.php
>> IIRC this could only be a problem if your listener had only just started
>> listening, though.
> - Geez, I realize I forget to state the version I'm using: 3.1.
You mean 8.3.1? That does contain the aforementioned patch, so whatever
you're seeing is something new. Please see if you can put together a
self-contained test case.
regards, tom lane