In the current CVS: test=# SET DateStyle TO DEFAULT; pqReadData() -- backend closed the channel unexpectedly. This probably means the backend terminated abnormally before or while processing the request. The connection to the server was lost. Attempting reset: Failed. !# in log: [..cut..] DEBUG: ProcessUtility: SET DateStyle TO DEFAULT; /usr/lib/postgresql/bin/postmaster: reaping dead processes... /usr/lib/postgresql/bin/postmaster: CleanupProc: pid 30063 exited with status 1 Server process (pid 30063) exited with status 11 at Fri Sep 22 14:35:17 2000 Terminating any active server processes... Karel PS. Sorry of this brief info, but I haven't time for detail exploration now :-(