>> Every once in a while I log this error executing a query: >> message contents do not agree with length in message type "D" >> lost synchronization with server: got message type "O", length 1398030676 > > This means either that libpq got a corrupt message from the server, or > that libpq itself contains a bug in message parsing. Given that no one > else has reported similar problems, the idea that your app is somehow > clobbering the libpq message buffer (and thus corrupting the message "in > transit") has to be taken seriously. > > You mention pooling so I suppose this is a multi-threaded application > ... are you being careful not to let any two threads try to use the same > libpq PGconn at the same time? libpq itself does not contain any > locking that would make that safe, you need to provide the locking > yourself. Uhhhmmm, I built without --enable-thread-safety??? I have a process I follow when building, but pg_config is telling me that I didn't use my standard options. I'm assuming this could cause all sorts of threading kinkiness... -- Scott Ribe scott_ribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.killerbytes.com/ (303) 722-0567 voice