Adam Witney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On 19/8/05 5:27 pm, "Tom Lane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> In theory that should always work.  What PG version is this?  Can you
>> attach to the stuck backend with gdb and get a stack trace?

> Am not particularly familiar with gdb, but if you tell me the steps I will
> do it and report back

Think I've posted this before, but:

Determine PID of backend you are interested in, eg with ps

As postgres user, do
        $ gdb /path/to/postgres-executable PID-of-process
        gdb prints a bunch of junk
        gdb> bt
        ... copy and paste the output given here ...
        gdb> quit
        gdb: ok to detach? y
        $

If you get a pile of purely numeric output from bt, it's useless
(means you're running symbol-stripped executables).  I'm hoping
for at least some function names.

                        regards, tom lane

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