Re: [GENERAL] Backend terminated abnormally error ?

From: Ed Loehr <eloehr(at)austin(dot)rr(dot)com>
To: Tom <tomhenry(at)direct-connection(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Backend terminated abnormally error ?
Date: 2000-02-20 16:20:51
Message-ID: 38B01463.ABB862D7@austin.rr.com
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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

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