Anj Adu <fotographs(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> I ocassionally get this error when a large insert is made to a very
> large table (Postgres 8.1.9)
> LOG: server process (PID 25002) exited with exit code 1
The interesting messages would be before that one, I think. This
should indicate a FATAL exit, and that should have gotten logged.
Another possibility is that you've got some non-postgres code loaded
into the backend that is doing exit(1).
regards, tom lane