Bruno Wolff III <bruno@wolff.to> writes:
> ERROR: copy: line 1, Bad timestamp external representation '11/31/02'
> lost synchronization with server, resetting connection
This is not a backend crash, this is libpq's standard operating
procedure for recovering from an error during COPY.
If we had a less brain-dead COPY protocol (ie, one that actually had
provisions for error abort), we'd not have to do this. See plans for
7.4 protocol revisions ...
regards, tom lane