The Data Base System is in recovery mode

Hi!

I have a problem with postgresl-7.0.2 on Freebsd 4-stable.

Somehow, shared memory gets corrupted by a certain type of query, and
all databases end up unusable until I kill -9 the bad postgres process
and stop+restart postgres.

I mistakenly ran postgres without -N and -B flags, and I guess the
problem will be solved by raising these parameters, right?

/Palle

query: SELECT alignment, derived_from, group_id, meta_info, meta_name, meta_type, owner, perm, timestamp, type FROM component WHERE id=4344
ProcessQuery
CommitTransactionCommand
type 25 :restypmod -1 :resname fnamn :reskey 0 :reskeyop 0 :ressortgroupref 0 :resjunk false } :expr { VAR :varno 3 :varattno 3 :vartype 25 :vartypmod -1 :varl
evelsup 0 :varnoold 3 :varoattno 3}} { TARGETENTRY :resdom { RESDOM :resno 4 :restype 25 :restypmod -1 :resname enamn :reskey 0 :reskeyop 0 :ressortgroupref 0 :
resjunk false } :expr { VAR :varno 3 :varattno 4 :vartype 25 :vartypmod -1 :varlevelsup 0 :varnoold 3 :varoattno 4}} { TARGETENTRY :resdom { RESDOM :resno 5 :r
estype 25 :restypmod -1 :resname titel :reskey 0 :reskeyop 0 :ressortgroupref 0 :resjunk false } :expr { VAR :varno 3 :varattno 5 :vartype 25 :vartypmod -1 :va
rlevelsup 0 :varnoold 3 :varoattno 5}} { TARGETENTRY :resdom { RESDOM :resno 6 :restype 25 :restypmod -1 :resname telefon :reskey 0 :reskeyop 0 :ressortgroupref
0 :resjunk false } :expr { VAR :varno 3 :varattno 10 :vartype 25 :vartypmod -1 :varlevelsup 0 :varnoold 3 :varoattno 10}} { TARGETENTRY :resdom { RESDOM :resn
o 7 :restype 25 :restypmod -1 :resname mobil :reskey 0 :reskeyop 0 :ressortgroupref 0 :resjunk false } :expr { VAR :varno 3 :varattno 12 :vartype 25 :vartypmod
-1 :varlevelsup 0 :varnoold 3 :varoattno 12}} { TARGETENTRY :resdom { RESDOM :resno 8 :restype 25 :restypmod -1 :resname email :reskey 0 :reskeyop 0 :ressortgr
oupref 0 :resjunk false } :expr { VAR :varno 3 :varattno 13 :vartype 25 :vartypmod -1 :varlevelsup 0 :varnoold 3 :varoattno 13}} { TARGETENTRY :resdom { RESDOM
:resno 9 :restype 1184 :restypmod -1 :resname tidpunkt :reskey 0 :reskeyop 0 :ressortgroupref 0 :resjunk false } :expr { VAR :varno 3 :varattno 16 :vartype 118
4 :vartypmod -1 :varlevelsup 0 :varnoold 3 :varoattno 16}}) :qual { EXPR :typeOid 16 :opType and :oper <> :args ({ CONST :consttype 16 :constlen 1 :constisnul
l false :constvalue 1 [ 1 0 0 0 ] :constbyval true } { EXPR :typeOid 16 :opType op :oper { OPER :opno 1209 :opid 0 :opresulttype 16 } :args ({ EXPR :typeOid
25 :opType func :oper { FUNC :funcid 870 :functype 25 :funcisindex false :funcsize 0 :func_fcache @ 0x0 :func_tlist ({ TARGETENTRY :resdom { RESDOM :resno 1 :
restype 25 :restypmod -1 :resname \\<noname> :reskey 0 :reskeyop 0 :ressortgroupref 0 :resjunk false } :expr { VAR :varno -1 :varattno 1 :vartype 25 :vartypmod
-1 :varlevelsup 0 :varnoold -1 :varoattno 1}}) :func_planlist <>} :args ({ VAR :varno 3 :varattno 4 :vartype 25 :vartypmod -1 :varlevelsup 0 :varnoold 3 :varo
attno 4})} { EXPR :typeOid 25 :opType func :oper { FUNC :funcid 870 :functype 25 :funcisindex false :funcsize 0 :func_fcache @ 0x0 :func_tlist ({ TARGETENTRY
:resdom { RESDOM :resno 1 :restype 25 :restypmod -1 :resname \\<noname> :reskey 0 :reskeyop 0 :ressortgroupref 0 :resjunk false } :expr { VAR :varno -1 :varattn
o 1 :vartype 25 :vartypmod -1 :varlevelsup 0 :varnoold -1 :varoattno 1}}) :func_planlist <>} :
ProcessQuery
CommitTransactionCommand
StartTransactionCommand
query: begin transaction
ProcessUtility: begin transaction
CommitTransactionCommand
StartTransactionCommand
query: declare curse cursor for select personid,foretag,fnamn,enamn,titel,telefon,mobil,email,tidpunkt, lower(foretag) from wtabmaria order by lower(foretag)
ProcessQuery
CommitTransactionCommand
StartTransactionCommand
query: fetch forward 20 from curse
ProcessUtility: fetch forward 20 from curse
Server process (pid 15342) exited with status 139 at Tue Oct 17 14:37:20 2000
Terminating any active server processes...
NOTICE: Message from PostgreSQL backend:
The Postmaster has informed me that some other backend died abnormally and possibly corrupted shared memory.
I have rolled back the current transaction and am going to terminate your database system connection and exit.
Please reconnect to the database system and repeat your query.
NOTICE: Message from PostgreSQL backend:
The Postmaster has informed me that some other backend died abnormally and possibly corrupted shared memory.
I have rolled back the current transaction and am going to terminate your database system connection and exit.
Please reconnect to the database system and repeat your query.
...
The Data Base System is in recovery mode
The Data Base System is in recovery mode
The Data Base System is in recovery mode
[repeatedly, until kill -9]

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