Re: Backend message type 0x50 arrived while idle

On Tue, 3 Dec 2002, Wynn, Robin wrote:

> Hi...
>
> We're using an older version of PostgreSQL (6.5.1, to be precise), and we're
> running into a problem where during certain inserts and queries we receive a
> message "Backend message type 0x50 arrived while idle". We've also seen
> backend message 0x45. Are these defined somewhere? We're trying to figure
> out why this is happening, and if upgrading to a newer version of PostgreSQL
> might fix the problem, and I'm not finding much in the way of documentation
> that gets into the meaning of the various backend messages. Any
> information you can give me would be appreciated, because this is getting
> really frustrating. Thanks.

I'm not sure what those messages mean, but 6.5.x is VERY old.

Upgrading is worth it in so many ways, that even if it didn't fix this it
would be worth it. Most likely this will be fixed by upgrading, but it's
not likely you'll get a lot of help on troubleshooting a version that old.

Since the release 6.5.x, 7.0.x, 7.1.x, 7.2.x and now 7.3 have come out.

For one thing, 7.3 is literally about 100 times faster than 6.5.x, and
it's definitely more reliable and has a lot fewer bugs in it.