"Dan The Man" <bitsandbytes88@hotmail.com> writes:
> I've been using postgresql v810 for a couple of weeks. I notice when I
> start it up I get 'invalid lenth of startup packet' On a database that I
> just initialized I get ' incomplete startup packet' after I first started
> it. This never happened that I can see in 8.0.3.
That has nothing to do with the state of the database --- it's an
indication of broken client software trying to connect, or possibly
something portscanning your system.
regards, tom lane