Re: PostgeSQL problem (server crashed?)

Frank Finner wrote:
> The error messages above have nothing in common with a corrupt database. These are faulty queries. I
> recommend to shut down the webserver and (re)start the database engine with statement logging
> enabled (not to messages but to a sparate logfile), and afterwards start the webserver again, to
> see, what query causes these errors.

I've shutdown the Apache-webserver, increased the log level from
Postgres and log everything to /usr/local/pgsql/errlog. After that, i
tried to start the Postgres server with the following command:

# su -l pgsql /usr/local/bin/pg_ctl -w start > /usr/local/pgsql/errlog
2>&1 &

epauli# cat errlog
DEBUG:  /usr/local/bin/postmaster: PostmasterMain: initial environ dump:
waiting for postmaster to start...DEBUG:
-----------------------------------------
.DEBUG:         USER=pgsql
DEBUG:          MAIL=/var/mail/pgsql
DEBUG:          HOME=/usr/local/pgsql
DEBUG:          PGLIB=/usr/local/lib
DEBUG:          TERM=xterm-color
DEBUG:          BLOCKSIZE=K
DEBUG:

PATH=/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/pgsql/bin
DEBUG:          SHELL=/bin/sh
DEBUG:          PGDATA=/usr/local/pgsql/data
DEBUG:          FTP_PASSIVE_MODE=YES
DEBUG:  -----------------------------------------
DEBUG:  found "/usr/local/bin/postgres" using argv[0]
DEBUG:  invoking IpcMemoryCreate(size=8970240)
DEBUG:  found "/usr/local/bin/postmaster" using argv[0]
............................................................failed
pg_ctl: postmaster does not start

Everything other than the last line look good.
The server don't start

> Did you check your script
> home/epauli/WWW/qst-new/_inc/main.inc.php very carefully?

Yes. Everythings look good. This PHP script was changed at Mar 6
15:27, and the problem was begin saturday (Mar 13) at 20.19.

> Maybe, if you show us the queries and, if possible, the corresponding table structure, we can find
> out more.

This are the query where the error occures.
INSERT INTO sessies ( phpsessid, tijd, ipadres, waar ) VALUES
('".session_id()."','now()','".$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']."','".$pagina2[1]."')";

The variable $pagina2 is created as follow:

$pagina1 = $_SERVER[PHP_SELF];
$pagina2 = split ( "/",$pagina1 );

This query running a few months without problems, so i think it's not
a problem with PHP, but with Postgres. Or is this opinion wrong?

--
Edwin Pauli