Re: createdb fails in 7.0.2

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Konstantinos Agouros <elwood(at)agouros(dot)de>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: createdb fails in 7.0.2
Date: 2001-01-15 07:32:17
Message-ID: 21527.979543937@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Konstantinos Agouros <elwood(at)agouros(dot)de> writes:
> I just tried to create another database, and all I get is a
> pqReadData() -- backend closed the channel unexpectedly.
> This probably means the backend terminated abnormally
> before or while processing the request.
> connection to server was lost
> createdb: database creation failed

> it gets so far zu create $PGDATADIR/newdbname but that's it.

> Anybody has a clue (I am running on Linux)

Sorry, no clue here :-( ... you'll need to provide more detail.
What shows up in the postmaster log? It sounds like the backend is
crashing --- is there a core dump file, and if so what stack trace
can you extract from it?

regards, tom lane

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