On Fri, 21 Jan 2005, Rao Kumar wrote:
> Database System startup message
>
> In postgres version 7.4.6, I notice that sometimes when the database starts
> up, it outputs a log message such as "2005-01-18 14:44:13 FATAL: the
> database system is starting up". Shouldn't this be "LOG" instead of "FATAL"
> message. Well, it's not like the database does not startup or anything, the
> server starts up just fine all the time !
Is it possible for a client to be attempting to connect during that time?
IIRC, that message is the one sent to the client when it tries to connect
during the startup time.