Tom Lane-2 wrote: > > Hmm. It looks like psql could get into an infinite loop if the server > failed to exit COPY IN mode for some reason, but it's not at all clear > how that could happen (or what to do about it). What server version > and what psql version is this? What does the server's log show? > Can you provide a reproducible test case? > Maybe it is a networking issue after all. I also thought to check the server logs and found this: 2009-08-06 16:52:16 CDTCONTEXT: COPY gm1, line 415306, column gm1c: "743.5" 2009-08-06 16:52:16 CDTSTATEMENT: COPY gm1 FROM STDIN CSV 2009-08-06 16:52:51 CDTLOG: checkpoints are occurring too frequently (7 seconds apart) 2009-08-06 16:52:51 CDTHINT: Consider increasing the configuration parameter "checkpoint_segments". 2009-08-06 16:53:02 CDTLOG: checkpoints are occurring too frequently (11 seconds apart) 2009-08-06 16:53:02 CDTHINT: Consider increasing the configuration parameter "checkpoint_segments". 2009-08-06 16:53:20 CDTERROR: invalid input syntax for integer: "68.84" 2009-08-06 16:53:20 CDTCONTEXT: COPY gm4, line 411272, column gm4c: "68.84" 2009-08-06 16:53:20 CDTSTATEMENT: COPY gm4 FROM STDIN CSV 2009-08-06 16:53:20 CDTLOG: SSL renegotiation failure 2009-08-06 16:53:20 CDTSTATEMENT: COPY gm4 FROM STDIN CSV 2009-08-06 16:53:20 CDTLOG: SSL error: unexpected record 2009-08-06 16:53:20 CDTSTATEMENT: COPY gm4 FROM STDIN CSV 2009-08-06 16:53:20 CDTLOG: could not send data to client: Connection reset by peer 2009-08-06 16:53:20 CDTSTATEMENT: COPY gm4 FROM STDIN CSV 2009-08-06 16:53:20 CDTLOG: SSL error: unexpected record 2009-08-06 16:53:20 CDTLOG: could not receive data from client: Connection reset by peer 2009-08-06 16:53:20 CDTLOG: incomplete message from client 2009-08-06 17:38:21 CDTLOG: could not receive data from client: Operation timed out 2009-08-06 17:38:21 CDTLOG: unexpected EOF on client connection (END) As for the versions: monthly=> select version(); version -------------------------------------------------------------- PostgreSQL 8.3.7 on i386-apple-darwin9.6.0, compiled by GCC $ psql --version psql (PostgreSQL) 8.1.11 Could this mismatch cause the problem? I will find out if it's feasible to copy my data to the server to rule out these client and network vagaries. Should I be concerned abou the checkpoint messages? I haven't looked up what those are all about yet. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/%5Ccopy%3A-unexpected-response-%284%29-tp24866027p24867582.html Sent from the PostgreSQL - general mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general