We currently use postgres 8.1.x and run the following query periodically to check for XID wraparound proximity. select datname, age(datfrozenxid) from pg_database What is the equivalent check in 8.4 Thank you Sriram -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin