Hi there Tom, thanks for your reply.
>>pg_dump: socket not open
>>pg_dump: SQL command to dump the contents of table "activity_log"
>>failed: PQendcopy() failed.
>>pg_dump: Error message from server: socket not open
>>pg_dump: The command was: COPY public.activity_log (<bunch of columns>
>>TO stdout
> Is this repeatable? What shows up in the postmaster's log when it
> happens? What platform is this on, and what version of Postgres?
This is postgresql-7.4.6-1.FC2.2 running on RedHat Fedora Core 2.
The logs don't reveal anything, and it happens consistently!
It is a little disconcerting..by the sounds of things this is a fairly
rare thing to see?
Sarah.