Trevor Talbot wrote:
> Unless psql is turning on keepalive or similar, or the OS is forcing
> it on by default, there are no timeouts for idle TCP connections. If
> the command was transported to the server successfully and psql was
> just waiting for a result, the connection is idle and nothing will
> happen if the server end suddenly goes away.
This is the most likely explanation - fits the symptoms.
Cheers,
Steve