Re: An statement causes postmaster to die

Sean Kelly (lists@shortestpath.org) writes:
> isp=> update domain_tbl set max_email='15' where domain='test.domain';
> pqReadData() -- backend closed the channel unexpectedly.

Can't tell much of anything from this.  Can you provide a gdb backtrace
from the corefile that the failed backend presumably left?  It should be
in $PGDATA/base/isp/core.

If you don't see a corefile there, you may need to restart the
postmaster with "ulimit -c unlimited" to allow core dumping.

            regards, tom lane