Backend message type 0x50 arrived while idle

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#1Wynn, Robin
RWynn@northropgrumman.com
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Hi...

We're using an older version of PostgreSQL (6.5.1, to be precise), and
we're running into a problem where during certain inserts and queries we
receive a message "Backend message type 0x50 arrived while idle". We've
also seen backend message 0x45. Are these defined somewhere? We're
trying to figure out why this is happening, and if upgrading to a newer
version of PostgreSQL might fix the problem, and I'm not finding much in
the way of documentation that gets into the meaning of the various backend
messages. Any information you can give me would be appreciated, because
this is getting really frustrating. Thanks.

Robin
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#2Doug McNaught
doug@mcnaught.org
In reply to: Wynn, Robin (#1)
Re: Backend message type 0x50 arrived while idle

"Wynn, Robin" <RWynn@northropgrumman.com> writes:

Hi...

We're using an older version of PostgreSQL (6.5.1, to be precise), and
we're running into a problem where during certain inserts and queries we
receive a message "Backend message type 0x50 arrived while idle".

6.5.1 is old. Really really really old. Amazingly old. It also has
a lot of bugs that are fixed in later versions (the current version is
7.3). It's not even the latest version in the 6.5 series (I think
there was a 6.5.3).

You would probably do well to test your application under 7.3 and see
if you run into any problems. People here aren't going to put any
effort into trying to debug 5-year-old software. ;)

-Doug