"theman" <bitsandbytes88@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > lseek(10, 0, SEEK_END) = 913072128 > write(10, "\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 8192) = 8192 > lseek(10, 0, SEEK_END) = 913080320 > write(10, "\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 8192) = 8192 > lseek(10, 0, SEEK_END) = 913088512 > write(10, "\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 8192) = 8192 > lseek(10, 0, SEEK_END) = 913088512 > write(10, "\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 8192) = 8192 > lseek(10, 0, SEEK_END) = 913096704 > write(10, "\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 8192) = 8192 Boy, that looks like a smoking gun to me. We're dealing with a kernel bug. What's the platform here, including the exact kernel version? What filesystem are you storing the database on? regards, tom lane