Thread: Backend terminated abnormally error ?

Hi

As a complete newbie to PGSQL -- and having searched the archives to no
avail -- the following error has been surfacing on a server that I have
just begun to work on (timing is everything ;-)

Error is
..............
Database error: Invalid SQL: select val from active_sessions where sid =
'b83d3901673d1a6f2076ef0188760e88' and name = 'yoursound_Session'
PostgreSQL Error: 1 (PQexec() -- Request was sent to backend, but
backend  closed the channel before responding. This probably means the
backend terminated abnormally before or while processing the request. )
Session halted.
..............

I'd appreciate any and all solutions/hints (guesses even)  as to where to
look to resolve/rectify this.

sincerely,
Tom

Tom wrote:
>
> ... the following error has been surfacing on a server ...
>
> Error is
> ..............
> Database error: Invalid SQL: select val from active_sessions where sid =
> 'b83d3901673d1a6f2076ef0188760e88' and name = 'yoursound_Session'
> PostgreSQL Error: 1 (PQexec() -- Request was sent to backend, but
> backend  closed the channel before responding. This probably means the
> backend terminated abnormally before or while processing the request. )
> Session halted.

This is the catch-all message you'll see anytime the backend server
crashes.  Your server logs will usually reveal the problem.  If you
don't know anything about server logs, checkout the installation guide
section under "starting postgres" or some such section...

Cheers,
Ed Loehr