Re: Server Crash

> From: Scott Marlowe [mailto:scott.marlowe@gmail.com]
>> Kill -9 is the "shoot it in the head" signal.  It is not
>> generated by postgresql in normal operation.  It can be
>> generated by "pg_ctl -m immediate stop" .  At least I think
>> that's what signal it sends.

Just for the archives: Postgres never generates kill -9 at all.
(Immediate stop uses SIGQUIT, instead.)  When you see that in
the log, you can be sure it was a manual action or the OOM killer.

            regards, tom lane