Oh yeah - thanks - I guess I really wanted to be using fast, not immediate. Wierd I've gone all this time without noticing that before. I've on Postgresql since 6.5. Alex. On 1/18/06, Michael Crozier <crozierm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > This is a natural consequence of shutting down with "immediate" mode. > > From the manual: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.4/static/app-pg-ctl.html > > ' "Immediate" mode will abort all server processes without a clean shutdown. > This will lead to a recovery run on restart.' > > It has only to do with the state of the write ahead logs, not with the nature > of your clients. > > -michael > > > > I just started using JDBC to connect to postgres from Tomcat, and when > > I pg_ctl stop -m immediate my server, I get a bunch of messages thus: > > > > WARNING: terminating connection because of crash of another server process > > DETAIL: The postmaster has commanded this server process to roll back > > the current transaction and exit, because another server process > > exited abnormally and possibly corrupted shared memory. > > > > When the server comes back up, it claims: > > LOG: database system was not propertly shut down; automatic recovery in > > progress > > > > I'm using the Jdbc3PoolingDataSource to connection. The code isn't > > doing any write transactions at all at this point. > > > > Anyone any idea what might be happening here? > > > > Alex Turner > > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > > TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? > > > > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq > > -- > > Conducive Technology Corporation > Taking air cargo information > to the next level > > http://www.conducivetech.com > http://www.pathfinder-web.com > > Michael Crozier crozierm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Voice: 503.445.4233 > Fax: 503.274.0939 > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings >