BUG #1284: The backend has broken the connection. - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

The following bug has been logged online:

Bug reference:      1284
Logged by:          Shilpa Upadhye

Email address:      snupadhye@hotmail.com

PostgreSQL version: 8.0 Beta

Operating system:   Redhat Linux 9.0

Description:        The backend has broken the connection.

Details:

Hi,

We have postgres 7.4.5 on Redhat Linux 9.0. We are using
jakarta-tomcat-4.1.27,jdk 1.4.x,SOFIA 2.1 and pg74.214.jdbc2.jar


We are getting the following error:
The backend has broken the connection. Possibly the action you have
attempted has caused it to close.
    at org.postgresql.PG_Stream.ReceiveChar(PG_Stream.java:143)
    at org.postgresql.core.QueryExecutor.execute(QueryExecutor.java:68)
    at org.postgresql.Connection.ExecSQL(Connection.java:398)
    at org.postgresql.jdbc2.Statement.execute(Statement.java:130)
    at org.postgresql.jdbc2.Statement.executeUpdate(Statement.java:73)
org.postgresql.jdbc2.PreparedStatement.executeUpdate(PreparedStatement.java
    at :113)
    at com.salmonllc.sql.DSDataSourceJDBC.insertRow(DSDataSourceJDBC.java:182)
    at com.salmonllc.sql.DataStore.update(DataStore.java:1977)
    at com.salmonllc.sql.DataStore.update(DataStore.java:1907)
com.eq.model.operations.contractChargeModel.update(contractChargeModel.java
    at :426)
    at
com.eq.model.operations.ContractWrapModel.update(ContractWrapModel.java:381)
com.eq.controller.operations.ContractDetailsController.submitPerformed(Cont
    at ractDetailsController.java:378)


Sometimes I also get the error 'Database is in recovery mode'


Thanks and Regards,
Shilpa.