Gentleman: Regarding the above thread located at:
http://fts.postgresql.org/db/mw/msg.html?mid=1030673 I got the error: "Bad abstime external representation ''" when attempted to start psql as a particular user and the postmaster shutdown. The problem, we discovered, is that this user had a carriage return contained within his password. Changing the password to remove the CR avoided the system shutdown. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
