Re: pqReadData() -- backend closed the channel unexpectedly (huh?)

Frank Miles <fpm@u.washington.edu> writes:
>     query: delete from units where unit_id = 5;
>     ProcessQuery
>     /opt/pgsql/bin/postmaster: reaping dead processes...
>     /opt/pgsql/bin/postmaster: CleanupProc: pid 21004 exited with status 139
>     Server process (pid 21004) exited with status 139 at Tue Nov  7 11:04:56 2000

There should be a core file left over from the backend crash in the
subdirectory for the database.  Can you provide a debugger backtrace
from the corefile?

            regards, tom lane