> On Oct 30, 2025, at 18:50, Jim Jones <jim.jones@uni-muenster.de> wrote:
>
>
>
> On 30/10/2025 11:28, Chao Li wrote:
>> How about this?
>>
>> ```
>> [read/write]select * from test_multi order by category, name;
>> FATAL:  terminating connection due to administrator command
>> server closed the connection unexpectedly
>> This probably means the server terminated abnormally
>> before or while processing the request.
>> The connection to the server was lost. Attempting reset: Failed.
>> The connection to the server was lost. Attempting reset: Failed.
>> []
>> []
>> ```
>>
>> After shutting down the server, I ran a random statement in psql, then the prompt became empty, does it suppose to
show“_unknown”? 
>
> This behaviour is normal -- at least it is how other options behave. See
> %p and the newly committed %S:
>
> postgres=# \set PROMPT1 '[%p] # '
> [1376487] # \c
> connection to server on socket "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432" failed: No such file
> or directory
>        Is the server running locally and accepting connections on that
> socket?
> Previous connection kept
> [1376487] # SELECT 1;
> FATAL:  terminating connection due to administrator command
> server closed the connection unexpectedly
>        This probably means the server terminated abnormally
>        before or while processing the request.
> The connection to the server was lost. Attempting reset: Failed.
> The connection to the server was lost. Attempting reset: Failed.
> [] # SELECT 1;
> You are currently not connected to a database.
> [] #
>
> ====
>
> psql (19devel)
> Type "help" for help.
>
> postgres=# \set PROMPT1 '[%S] # '
> ["$user", public] # \c
> connection to server on socket "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432" failed: No such file
> or directory
>        Is the server running locally and accepting connections on that
> socket?
> Previous connection kept
> ["$user", public] # SELECT 1;
> FATAL:  terminating connection due to administrator command
> server closed the connection unexpectedly
>        This probably means the server terminated abnormally
>        before or while processing the request.
> The connection to the server was lost. Attempting reset: Failed.
> The connection to the server was lost. Attempting reset: Failed.
> [] # SELECT 1;
> You are currently not connected to a database.
> [] #
>
Thanks for the clarification. Though I still think that might be a bug, but I agree that doesn’t belong to the current
patch.
Best regards,
--
Chao Li (Evan)
HighGo Software Co., Ltd.
https://www.highgo.com/