Re: stats collector appears to be dying

> I'm having an issue with what appears to be the stats
> collector process dying on Postgresql 8.0.1 running on
> Windows XP w/sp1.
>
> I've enabled
> stats_command_string and stats_row_level in my config file.
> During bulk inserts the stats collector process appears to
> encounter some sort of problem and shuts
> down. The end result is the log file being spammed
> with "FATAL" entries regarding the process. I've attached a
> small excerpt from my log files.
>
> Any ideas as to what is going on?

This is a known problem on WIndows. THe stats processor sometimes falls
down under heavly load. And if you enable row-level-stats the load goes
up considerably - especially during bulk inserts.

//Magnus