On Thu, 30 Oct 2003, Jeff Boes wrote: JB> We are experiencing the following error, usually during our nightly JB> delete-and-vacuum cycle (when there are very few other connections to JB> the database): JB> JB> 2003-10-30 01:36:59 [25392] LOG: server process (pid 697) was JB> terminated by signal 14 JB> 2003-10-30 01:36:59 [25392] LOG: terminating any other active server JB> processes JB> 2003-10-30 01:37:01 [1977] FATAL: The database system is in recovery mode JB> 2003-10-30 01:37:08 [25392] LOG: all server processes terminated; JB> reinitializing shared memory and semaphores JB> 2003-10-30 01:37:09 [2856] FATAL: The database system is starting up JB> 2003-10-30 01:37:09 [2855] LOG: database system was interrupted at JB> 2003-10-30 01:26:13 EST JB> JB> The only clues we have are that the server processes interrupted by JB> "signal 14" *seem* to be backends connected to Apache processes (on JB> another server). But even that isn't certain, because of the difficulty JB> in tracking down which process was doing what at the time.
Signal 14 is SIGALRM. Some kind of badly-behaving watchdog? Sincerely, D.Marck [DM5020, MCK-RIPE, DM3-RIPN] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** Dmitry Morozovsky --- D.Marck --- Wild Woozle --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match