"Forensic Labs." <wgu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > initializing pg_shadow... [1] Bus error (core dumped) > Can anyone help me out with this one? Can you provide a stack trace from that core dump? (You'll need to run initdb with --noclean option so that it doesn't wipe the data directory, else you lose the core file along with the rest of the data directory.) What compiler did you use? regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match