Re: Strange error (Socket command option unknown) - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Justin Clift
Subject Re: Strange error (Socket command option unknown)
Date
Msg-id 3E580966.9060903@postgresql.org
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In response to Strange error (Socket command option unknown)  (Carlos Moreno <moreno@mochima.com>)
List pgsql-general
Hi Carlos,

Just to give everyone a bit more background information, which version
of PostgreSQL are you having the troubles with, and which operating
system is it running on?

:-)

Regards and best wishes,

Justin Clift


Carlos Moreno wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I hope this is the right list to post this question.
>
> I'm at a loss trying to figure out a strange error message
> I'm getting  (at an excessively high rate -- around 200 times
> per day, out of a total of several hundred thousands statements
> executed per day).
>
> The error message reads:
>
> "FATAL 1: Socket command option e unknown"
>
>
> And the server closes the connection.  Actually, the
> complete error message contains several lines, and reads:
>
> FATAL 1: Socket command option e unknown
> server closed the connection unexpectedly
>    This probably means that the server terminated abnormally
>    before or while processing the request.
>
>
> Except that the server does not shutdown  (more statements
> continue to arrive, and they're executed).
>
> I checked the docs, but I can't figure out what may be
> happening, so I'm at a loss at trying to determine what to
> do.  (the one thing I did notice is that it is related to
> one specific statement -- however, it's not that the
> statement is unconditionally wrong:  it does execute
> several thousand times per day, and it succeeds most of
> the time)
>
> Any ideas?  Pointers where to look for more information
> would also be highly appreciated!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Carlos
> --
>
>
>
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