Patrick Welche <prlw1@newn.cam.ac.uk> writes:
> newnham=# select crsids.surname, "tblPerson"."Surname" from crsids,"tblPerson" where
crsids.usn="tblPerson"."USN"::int4;
> pqReadData() -- backend closed the channel unexpectedly.
> This probably means the backend terminated abnormally
> before or while processing the request.
> The connection to the server was lost. Attempting reset: Failed.
> Any thoughts on where to look?
Is there anything in the postmaster log? Is there a core file (look
in the database subdirectory, ie .../data/base/yourdatabase/core)?
If so, compiling the backend with -g and extracting a backtrace from
the resulting corefile with gdb would be very useful info.
regards, tom lane
