Thread: pgAdmin Crashes After Changing Timezone Setting
Hi List, I'm experiencing strange behavior in pgAdmin. I recently noticed that my PostgreSQL reports a different time to the OS. I checked the time zone setting and realized it was set to 'Canada/Atlantic'. I tried using pgAdmin's Backend Configuration Editor to change the time zone in postgresql.conf to 'America/Barbados' but when I try to save the file, pgAdmin crashes. The server log has the following entries: 2008-03-17 10:24:58 ADT LOG: loaded library "$libdir/plugins/plugin_debugger.dll" 2008-03-17 10:24:58 ADT LOG: database system was shut down at 2008-03-15 14:58:02 ADT 2008-03-17 10:24:58 ADT FATAL: the database system is starting up 2008-03-17 10:24:59 ADT LOG: database system is ready to accept connections 2008-03-17 10:24:59 ADT LOG: autovacuum launcher started 2008-03-17 10:24:59 ADT LOG: loaded library "$libdir/plugins/plugin_debugger.dll" 2008-03-17 10:31:04 ADT LOG: loaded library "$libdir/plugins/plugin_debugger.dll" 2008-03-17 10:31:39 ADT LOG: loaded library "$libdir/plugins/plugin_debugger.dll" 2008-03-17 10:32:01 ADT LOG: loaded library "$libdir/plugins/plugin_debugger.dll" 2008-03-17 10:33:06 ADT LOG: loaded library "$libdir/plugins/plugin_debugger.dll" 2008-03-17 11:05:52 ADT LOG: could not receive data from client: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it. 2008-03-17 11:05:52 ADT LOG: unexpected EOF on client connection 2008-03-17 11:05:52 ADT LOG: could not receive data from client: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it. 2008-03-17 11:05:52 ADT LOG: unexpected EOF on client connection 2008-03-17 11:05:52 ADT LOG: could not receive data from client: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it. 2008-03-17 11:05:52 ADT LOG: unexpected EOF on client connection 2008-03-17 11:05:52 ADT LOG: could not receive data from client: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it. 2008-03-17 11:05:52 ADT LOG: unexpected EOF on client connection 2008-03-17 11:08:47 ADT LOG: loaded library "$libdir/plugins/plugin_debugger.dll" 2008-03-17 11:08:52 ADT LOG: loaded library "$libdir/plugins/plugin_debugger.dll" 2008-03-17 11:08:56 ADT LOG: loaded library "$libdir/plugins/plugin_debugger.dll" 2008-03-17 11:10:02 ADT LOG: loaded library "$libdir/plugins/plugin_debugger.dll" 2008-03-17 11:10:25 ADT LOG: loaded library "$libdir/plugins/plugin_debugger.dll" I tried manually editing the postgresql.conf file in Notepad but when I reload PostgreSQL it ignores the entry in the config file and defaults to 'Canada/Atlantic' time zone. I am using pgAdmin3 v1.8.2.99 and Postgresql 8.3.0. I am able to reproduce this error with PostgreSQL 8.3.0 running on Windows XP SP2, Windows 2000 SP4 and Windows 2003 SP1. Am I doing something incorrectly? How do I correctly set the time zone? Thanks, Rommel Edwards Barbados, Caribbean.
"Rommel the iCeMAn" <icecrew@gmail.com> writes:
> I'm experiencing strange behavior in pgAdmin. I recently noticed that my
> PostgreSQL reports a different time to the OS. I checked the time zone
> setting and realized it was set to 'Canada/Atlantic'. I tried using
> pgAdmin's Backend Configuration Editor to change the time zone in
> postgresql.conf to 'America/Barbados' but when I try to save the file,
> pgAdmin crashes.
Can't help you with that, you'll need to report that on the pgadmin
mailing list.
> I tried manually editing the postgresql.conf file in Notepad but when I
> reload PostgreSQL it ignores the entry in the config file and defaults to
> 'Canada/Atlantic' time zone.
Did you remove the comment marker (#) from the timezone setting line?
regards, tom lane
> Can't help you with that, you'll need to report that on the pgadmin
> mailing list.
Will do.
> Did you remove the comment marker (#) from the timezone setting line?
Yes I did, which is why it baffles me. Here's what that part of my conf file
looks like:
# - Locale and Formatting -
datestyle = 'iso, mdy'
timezone = 'America/Barbados' # actually, defaults to TZ
environment
# setting
#timezone_abbreviations = 'Default' # Select the set of available time
zone
# abbreviations. Currently, there
are
# Default
# Australia
# India
# You can create your own file in
# share/timezonesets/.
Thanks for the response,
Rommel Edwards
Barbados, Caribbean.