On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 5:36 PM, Andrew Maclean
<andrew.amaclean@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have the following error message:
>
> "Error connecting to the server: server closed the connection unexpectedly.
> This probably means that the server terminated abnormally before or
> while processing the request.
> "
> It happens intermittently both when using pgAdminIII and when using QT
> so it is not a pgAdminIII issue.
>
> Often the connection seems to succeed but you get a series of error
> messages like the one above when attempting to open a database. It
> seems to be a timing issue.
>
> This does not happen with postgresql-8.3.5 but does happen with
> postgresql-8.3.7. I used the One-click installer from EnterpriseDB and
> am running Vista SP1.
First suspect when running on windows is antivirus software.