> From: Scott Marlowe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
>> Kill -9 is the "shoot it in the head" signal.  It is not 
>> generated by postgresql in normal operation.  It can be 
>> generated by "pg_ctl -m immediate stop" .  At least I think 
>> that's what signal it sends.

Just for the archives: Postgres never generates kill -9 at all.
(Immediate stop uses SIGQUIT, instead.)  When you see that in
the log, you can be sure it was a manual action or the OOM killer.

                        regards, tom lane

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