Re: Re: backend closing connections while executing... - Mailing list pgsql-general

hi ..

yes i located the core file and the timestamp indicates that it has been
generated around the time i was trying out the query.

Can u please tell me how to generate the backtrace.

Sorry not from a c background..

Anand
On Wed, Jan 24, 2001 at 12:22:21PM -0800, Stephan Szabo wrote:
>
>It should mean that the backend exited with a SIGSEGV, probably a bug.
>There should be a core file in your database directory.  Can you get
>a backtrace from it?
>
>On Thu, 25 Jan 2001, Anand Raman wrote:
>
>> hi guys
>> on looking at the postgres log i could find this information too
>>
>> DEBUG:  Data Base System is in production state at Wed Jan 24 20:20:26 2001
>> Server process (pid 22751) exited with status 139 at Wed Jan 24 20:23:33 2001
>> Terminating any active server processes...
>> Server processes were terminated at Wed Jan 24 20:23:33 2001
>> Reinitializing shared memory and semaphores
>> DEBUG:  Data Base System is starting up at Wed Jan 24 20:23:33 2001
>> DEBUG:  Data Base System was interrupted being in production at Wed Jan 24 20:20:26 2001
>> DEBUG:  Data Base System is in production state at Wed Jan 24 20:23:33 2001
>> The Data Base System is starting up
>>
>>
>> What is status 139 and how can i avoid it..
>>
>>
>> Thanks for any help
>> Anand
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 25, 2001 at 01:06:01AM +0530, Anand Raman wrote:
>> >hi guys
>> >
>> >While executing a simple query my the psql session reports that the
>> >session has closed abnormally..
>> >
>> >Can any one point out why .. The sample sql query is as follows..
>> >
>> >arttoday=# select
>> >arttoday-#     art1.name,
>> >arttoday-#     CASE WHEN exh.title IS NULL THEN 'Untitled' ELSE exh.title END,
>> >arttoday-#     ltrim(to_char(exh_dist.length,'9999D99')) ||
>> >arttoday-#         CASE WHEN exh_dist.breadth IS NOT NULL
>> >arttoday-#             THEN ' x '||ltrim(to_char(exh_dist.breadth,'9999D00'))||' cms.'
>> >arttoday-#             ELSE ' cms '||exh_dist.dimensional_aspect END
>> >arttoday-# from
>> >arttoday-#     exhibit_distributions exh_dist,
>> >arttoday-#     exhibits exh,
>> >arttoday-#     artists art1
>> >arttoday-# where
>> >arttoday-#     exh_dist.gallery_id = 21
>> >arttoday-# and exh_dist.exhibit_id = exh.exhibit_id
>> >arttoday-# and exh.artist_id2 IS NULL
>> >arttoday-# and exh.artist_id1 = art1.artist_id;
>> >pqReadData() -- backend closed the channel unexpectedly.
>> >This probably means the backend terminated abnormally
>> >before or while processing the request.
>> >The connection to the server was lost. Attempting reset:
>> >Succeeded.
>> >
>> >I am running postgresql 702 on Redhat..
>> >
>> >I use the following command line parameters to start the db
>> >pg_ctl -o '-i -B 100 -N 50 -o "-C -F -S4096"' start 1>postmaster.log 2>&1
>> >
>> >The tables are fairly small with 600 odd rows ..
>> >
>> >Also when i do a query as simple as
>> >arttoday=# select ltrim(to_char(exh_dist.length,'9999D99')) from exhibit_distributions exh_dist
>> >the backend closes abnormally..
>> >
>> >Can any help me out of this ..
>> >
>> >Thanks
>> >Anand
>>