I'll check this out but I am puzzled as to why it suddenly appeared after upgrading. -----Original Message----- From: Scott Marlowe [mailto:scott.marlowe@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, 14 May 2009 09:40 To: a.maclean@xxxxxxxxxx Cc: General Subject: Re: postgres 3.7 unexpected closing of connections On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 5:36 PM, Andrew Maclean <andrew.amaclean@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I have the following error message: > > "Error connecting to the server: server closed the connection unexpectedly. > This probably means that the server terminated abnormally before or > while processing the request. > " > It happens intermittently both when using pgAdminIII and when using QT > so it is not a pgAdminIII issue. > > Often the connection seems to succeed but you get a series of error > messages like the one above when attempting to open a database. It > seems to be a timing issue. > > This does not happen with postgresql-8.3.5 but does happen with > postgresql-8.3.7. I used the One-click installer from EnterpriseDB and > am running Vista SP1. First suspect when running on windows is antivirus software. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general