Hunter Hillegas <lists@lastonepicked.com> writes:
> The postmaster was originally started with the default settings. Since then
> the limit has been upped to 200 connections (along with some other stuff
> like shared mem stuff) and I did a pg_ctl reload to get the new settings in
> there...
pg_ctl reload does not suffice to alter max_connections; that can only
be set at postmaster startup. Shut down and restart.
regards, tom lane