Re: server closed the connection unexpectedly

[Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>]

Jessica Richard <rjessil(at)yahoo(dot)com> writes:
> server closed the connection unexpectedly
>         This probably means the server terminated abnormally
>         before or while processing the request.

> If this a Postgres disconnection or a disconnection on the OS side?

Well, you can't tell for certain from the client side.  The postmaster
log would tell.  But unless you have a flaky network, this is probably
the result of a backend crash :-(.  Can you reproduce it, or get a gdb
stack trace?

			regards, tom lane