Seems a known bug with Mac OS 10.1. Work around: try 7.2beta3. -- Tatsuo Ishii
> Curtis Hermann ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) reports a bug with a severity of 1 > The lower the number the more severe it is. > > Short Description > Cannot Create Database > > Long Description > I am on Mac OS 10.1. Every time I try to create a database I get the following >error: > [localhost:~] postgres% createdb curtis_test > pqReadData() -- backend closed the channel unexpectedly. > This probably means the backend terminated abnormally > before or while processing the request. > connection to server was lost > createdb: database creation failed > > All other functionality like connecting to template1 or initdb seems to be >functioning correctly. When I start postmaster this is what I get: > [localhost:~] postgres% /usr/local/bin/postmaster -D /usr/local/pgsql/data > DEBUG: database system was shut down at 2001-11-26 10:50:24 CST > DEBUG: CheckPoint record at (0, 1530864) > DEBUG: Redo record at (0, 1530864); Undo record at (0, 0); Shutdown TRUE > DEBUG: NextTransactionId: 624; NextOid: 26912 > DEBUG: database system is in production state > > > Thanks very much, > Curtis P. Hermann > > Sample Code > [localhost:~] postgres% createdb curtis_test > pqReadData() -- backend closed the channel unexpectedly. > This probably means the backend terminated abnormally > before or while processing the request. > connection to server was lost > createdb: database creation failed > > No file was uploaded with this report > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate > subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your > message can get through to the mailing list cleanly > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org