Thanks for the quick response, the log shows the following: 2009-06-19 07:51:47 EST LOG: database system was interrupted; last known up at 2009-06-18 19:14:37 EST 2009-06-19 07:51:47 EST LOG: database system was not properly shut down; automatic recovery in progress 2009-06-19 07:51:47 EST LOG: record with zero length at 0/6614E8 2009-06-19 07:51:47 EST LOG: redo is not required 2009-06-19 07:51:47 EST LOG: database system is ready to accept connections 2009-06-19 07:51:47 EST LOG: autovacuum launcher started 2009-06-19 07:54:51 EST LOG: loaded library "$libdir/plugins/plugin_debugger.dll" 2009-06-19 07:54:51 EST LOG: loaded library "$libdir/plugins/plugin_debugger.dll" 2009-06-19 07:54:51 EST LOG: could not receive data from client: Unknown winsock error 10061 2009-06-19 07:54:52 EST LOG: loaded library "$libdir/plugins/plugin_debugger.dll" FATAL: could not reattach to shared memory (key=252, addr=02080000): 487 FATAL: could not reattach to shared memory (key=252, addr=02080000): 487 FATAL: could not reattach to shared memory (key=252, addr=02080000): 487 FATAL: could not reattach to shared memory (key=252, addr=02080000): 487 FATAL: could not reattach to shared memory (key=252, addr=02080000): 487 FATAL: could not reattach to shared memory (key=252, addr=02080000): 487 FATAL: could not reattach to shared memory (key=252, addr=02080000): 487 FATAL: could not reattach to shared memory (key=252, addr=02080000): 487 FATAL: could not reattach to shared memory (key=252, addr=02080000): 487 FATAL: could not reattach to shared memory (key=252, addr=02080000): 487 FATAL: could not reattach to shared memory (key=252, addr=02080000): 487 2009-06-19 10:47:35 EST LOG: loaded library "$libdir/plugins/plugin_debugger.dll" FATAL: could not reattach to shared memory (key=252, addr=02080000): 487 FATAL: could not reattach to shared memory (key=252, addr=02080000): 487 FATAL: could not reattach to shared memory (key=252, addr=02080000): 487 2009-06-19 10:49:04 EST WARNING: worker took too long to start; cancelled FATAL: could not reattach to shared memory (key=252, addr=02080000): 487 On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 10:40 AM, Craig Ringer<craig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, 2009-06-19 at 09:12 +1000, Andrew Maclean wrote: >> I posted this a while back but got no useful responses. >> >> 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." > > Look at the PostgreSQL server log to see what happened. On Windows, I > think this is in your PostgreSQL data directory. > > (List members: This seems to confuse Windows admins a lot - they're not > used to application log files, apparently. Is it worth having the win32 > version of the server report sudden backend death via the Windows event > logging system, with a reference to the Pg log file? I'm not sure, since > it's not clear that most Windows admins look at Event Viewer either...) > > -- > Craig Ringer > > > -- > Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) > To make changes to your subscription: > http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general > -- ___________________________________________ Andrew J. P. Maclean Centre for Autonomous Systems The Rose Street Building J04 The University of Sydney 2006 NSW AUSTRALIA Ph: +61 2 9351 3283 Fax: +61 2 9351 7474 URL: http://www.acfr.usyd.edu.au/ ___________________________________________ -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
