Re: FATAL: invalid frontend message type 47 server closed the connection unexpectedly

On Wed, Jan 17, 2007 at 05:34:27PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> Sterpu Victor <victor(at)ambra(dot)ro> writes:
> > I receive this message when I do a specific operation.
> > How can I debug something like this?
>
> It sounds like DBD::Pg is sending an invalidly formed message, or in
> some other way violating the protocol. Or maybe the backend got
> confused. Watching the session with a packet-sniffer would help to
> nail down who's at fault.

Well, DBD::Pg merely uses libpq. The most likely issue is somethong
that's not allowed, like using the same connection from multiple
threads. Or some other break in protocol.

We're going to need a lot more info to work this out. Incidently, 47 is
a capital G, IIRC.

Have a nice day,
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