On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 12:22 PM, Ms swati chande <swativc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Sorry for resending, it got stalled. > Have subscribed to pgsql-general now. > > >What query, exactly? Which PG version is this? > > regards, tom lane > Its a query involving 15 relations, processing not more than 500 records. The query is written in a .sql file and the file is executed as > > \i initq.sql > > Infact, know no .sql file is getting executed. All my .sqls have >=15 records. > > The error message is: > psql: initq.sql:64: server closed the connection unexpectedly > This probably means the server terminated abnormally > before or while processing the request. > psql: initq.sql:64: connection to server was lost > > and the logfile shows: > > > LOG: server process (PID 3304) was terminated by exception 0xC0000005 > > HINT: See C include file "ntstatus.h" for a description of the hexadecimal value. > > LOG: terminating any other active server processes > > LOG: all server processes terminated; reinitializing > > LOG: database system was interrupted; last known up at 2009-09-24 18:01:00 IST > > LOG: database system was not properly shut down; automatic recovery in progress > > LOG: record with zero length at 0/1A71AE0 > > LOG: redo is not required > > LOG: database system is ready to accept connections > > LOG: autovacuum launcher started > > > > The execution for this and other queries has been fine so far. > > What is exception 0xC0000005? > > I am working on Windows XP. > > Have built version 8.4.0 from source using Visual Studio 2005. 1. try upgrading to 8.4.1. There was at least one known crash (involving aggregate functions) that was fixed in 8.4.0 2. if that doesn't help, try and reduce your .sql file to a test case and send it along. merlin -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general