Sorry for resending, it got stalled. Have subscribed to pgsql-general now. >What query, exactly? Which PG version is this? > regards, tom lane
Its a query involving 15 relations, processing not more than 500 records. The query is written in a .sql file and the file is executed as \i initq.sql Infact, know no .sql file is getting executed. All my .sqls have >=15 records. The error message is: psql: initq.sql:64: server closed the connection unexpectedly This probably means the server terminated abnormally before or while processing the request. psql: initq.sql:64: connection to server was lost and the logfile shows: LOG: server process (PID 3304) was terminated by exception 0xC0000005 HINT: See C include file "ntstatus.h" for a description of the hexadecimal value. LOG: terminating any other active server processes LOG: all server processes terminated; reinitializing LOG: database system was interrupted; last known up at 2009-09-24 18:01:00 IST LOG: database system was not properly shut down; automatic recovery in progress LOG: record with zero length at 0/1A71AE0 LOG: redo is not required LOG: database system is ready to accept connections LOG: autovacuum launcher started The execution for this and other queries has been fine so far. What is exception 0xC0000005? I am working on Windows XP. Have built version 8.4.0 from source using Visual Studio 2005. Thanks and Regards Swati