>
> Not having looked at the internals of db_link, I'd say it's certainly
> possible that this is the reason for the failed restart. If db_link is
> blocking something, the postmaster can't kill it off, and it'll still
be
> sitting there holding a reference to the shared memory segment.
>
> That said, it shouldn't be the reason why it's crashing in the first
> place - just the reason why it won't restart properly.
>
Is this a problem in Unix? We are about 1 - 2 weeks away from moving
this database to Solaris.
Jon
