On Mon, 2008-02-25 at 08:11 -0600, Aaron Bono wrote: > Our database was going along just fine this morning when, out of the > blue, we started getting the following errors: > > FATAL: the database system is in recovery mode > > We are using PostgreSQL 8.1.3 on CentOS. I was the only person on the > machine and had recently started a small batch that had just finished > querying and updating the database. This batch runs constantly and > has not been changed in months. Your database has crashed and is recovering. You should look at the server log to find out when and why this happened, then either correct the problem or report the bug. -- Simon Riggs 2ndQuadrant http://www.2ndQuadrant.com ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings