Re: 7.2.3 -> 7.3.2: timeofday(), server crashed

From: Will LaShell <will(at)lashell(dot)net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: "A(dot)Bhuvaneswaran" <bhuvansql(at)myrealbox(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Admin <pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: 7.2.3 -> 7.3.2: timeofday(), server crashed
Date: 2003-04-03 18:13:02
Message-ID: 1049393583.22270.33.camel@lyric.ofsloans.com
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> > ERROR: parser: parse error at or near "602869" at character 1
> > LOG: server process (pid 31373) was terminated by signal 9
>
> This is also unrelated. There is no scenario in which a parse error
> will lead to signal 9. I would guess that you have one of the versions
> of Linux in which the kernel will issue kill -9's against
> randomly-selected user processes anytime it starts feeling low on
> memory. Buying more RAM or increasing swap space is the best answer
> AFAIK.
>
> regards, tom lane

As a side note it will show up in /var/log/messages if the kernel is
doing the killing like Tom suggested.

Sincerely,
Will LaShell

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