Re: while vacuum: pq_flush: send() failed: Broken pipe - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: while vacuum: pq_flush: send() failed: Broken pipe
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Msg-id 20674.980752570@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to while vacuum: pq_flush: send() failed: Broken pipe  ("Thomas T. Thai" <tom@minnesota.com>)
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"Thomas T. Thai" <tom@minnesota.com> writes:
> pq_flush: send() failed: Broken pipe
> pq_recvbuf: unexpected EOF on client connection
>>
>> Are you sure that's "while" doing the vacuum, and not "after"?
>> In any case, what this indicates is ungraceful disconnection by the
>> client.  What client software was used to issue the vacuum command?

> client was from psql. i saw that appear in the log by doing tail -f before
> i saw the word VACUUM.. but it was right about the same time.

If the psql process didn't betray any unhappiness, then the broken-pipe
error isn't referring to the psql connection.  What other clients were
running?

            regards, tom lane

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