"John T. Yocum" <john@fluidhosting.com> writes:
> We've been working to try and solve this issue. On PostgreSQL
> install(running on RH 7.1), we can't get CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
> CURRENT_TIME, or now() to function. All the results is psql reporting
> the server closed the connection.
Seems like you must have a broken installation of Postgres.  What
version does it claim to be?  (If it came with RH 7.1, it's got to be
pretty ancient anyway ... I'd recommend replacing it with a newer
release rather than trying to figure out exactly what's gone wrong.)
            regards, tom lane