"Michael Artz" <mlartz@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > I thought I'd be clever and use the cygwin 'psql' client to connect to > the Windows native PostgreSQL 8.1.3 running on the same box, since the > the cygwin port feels more like home (keybindings). Unfortunately, I > get the following message when connecting (after about a minute): > $ psql -h 127.0.0.1 -l > psql: server closed the connection unexpectedly > This probably means the server terminated abnormally > before or while processing the request. The postmaster log might have something enlightening ... regards, tom lane