Return-Path: owner-postman Received: from localhost.Berkeley.EDU (localhost.Berkeley.EDU [127.0.0.1]) by nobozo.CS.Berkeley.EDU (8.6.9/8.6.3) with SMTP id VAA10933 for postgres-redist; Fri, 28 Oct 1994 21:21:33 -0700 Resent-From: POSTGRES mailing list Resent-Message-Id: <199410290421.VAA10933@nobozo.CS.Berkeley.EDU> X-Authentication-Warning: nobozo.CS.Berkeley.EDU: Host localhost.Berkeley.EDU didn't use HELO protocol Sender: owner-postman@postgres.Berkeley.EDU X-Return-Path: owner-postman Received: from pandora.cs.wayne.edu (pandora.cs.wayne.edu [141.217.16.36]) by nobozo.CS.Berkeley.EDU (8.6.9/8.6.3) with SMTP id VAA10923 for ; Fri, 28 Oct 1994 21:21:31 -0700 Received: from aphrodite.cs.wayne.edu by pandora.cs.wayne.edu with SMTP id AA19989 (5.65b/IDA-1.4.3 for postgres@nobozo.CS.Berkeley.EDU); Sat, 29 Oct 94 00:21:26 -0400 Received: by aphrodite.cs.wayne.edu (4.1/SMI-4.0) id AA04127; Sat, 29 Oct 94 00:25:30 EDT Date: Sat, 29 Oct 1994 00:25:29 -0400 (EDT) From: "I. Ahmad" Subject: Why I am getting 'no response from backend message'? To: postgres@postgres.Berkeley.EDU Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Resent-To: postgres-redist@postgres.Berkeley.EDU Resent-Date: Fri, 28 Oct 94 21:21:33 -0700 Resent-XMts: smtp Hi everyone: I am using postgres version 4.2 on Sun Sparc running SUN OS 4.1.3. So far I was having no problem in using postgres. Somehow couple of days back the server running the posmaster got crashed. The system administrator restarted the machine and I (as postgres) restarted the postmaster after doing ipcclean etc. and since then I am getting strange behaviour from postgres. If I try to retrieve tuples from a given class into some temporary class from the monitor, I am getting the following message: Go * retrieve into cap_temp (agents.all) \g Query sent to backend is "retrieve into cap_temp (agents.all) " FATAL: no response from backend: detected in PQexec I can clearly see the postmaster process in existance through the ps command. and seems to be working fine since if I issue the following query, the system produces the correct output. * retrieve (agents.all) \g I am getting similar message even if I try to create a new class or delete some existing class. Any idea what is wrong. All the environment variables are as they were before when system was working O.K. I am gettin similar response even if I start monitor on the machine running the postmaster. I will appreciate any response. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- , , /( )` \ \___ / | /- _ `-/ ' (/\/ \ \ /\ Imran Ahmad / / | ` \ Dept. of Computer Science O O ) / | 431 State Hall `-^--'`< ' Wayne State University \\///// (_.) _ ) / Detroit, MI 48201 \\\////// `.___/` / Phone: (313)577-6771 \ ^ ^ / `-----' / ( @ @ ) <----. __ / __ \ o <----|====O)))==) \) /==== email: ima@cs.wayne.edu ^ <----' `--' `.__,' \ .--\_/--. (> | | ' ' // \ / ' '' ______( (_ / \______ '----------' ,' ,-----' | \ `--{__________) \/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ============================================================================== To add/remove yourself to/from the POSTGRES mailing list: send mail with the subject line ADD or DEL to "postgres-request@postgres.Berkeley.EDU" If this fails, send mail to "post_questions@postgres.Berkeley.EDU" and a human will deal with it. DO NOT post to the "postgres" mailing list. ==============================================================================