Scott Yeadon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The log output postgres returned is as follows: > FATAL: the database system is shutting down
Sounds to me like something told the postmaster to shut down (sent it a SIGTERM signal, in other words). If you are certain you did not do this manually, look around to see if there's any resource-limiting code in effect that might try to kill the postmaster after it's used X amount of cpu time or disk space or whatever. > A secondary issue is that postmaster will not shut down properly under 7.4.1, > I always have to use the "fast" shutdown mode. You have a client that's not letting go of its connection. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])