Tom, Could it possibly be this?: http://postgresql.1045698.n5.nabble.com/BUG-5731-postmaster-sometimes-dumps-core-when-handling-local-connections-td3239029.html Sam -----Original Message----- From: Tom Lane [mailto:tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, 10 December 2010 2:17 PM To: Samuel Stearns Cc: Shoaib Mir; pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Postgres Crash Samuel Stearns <SStearns@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Tom, no useful messages in the log prior. I do have a 47M core dump. What should I do with that? If you use gdb, try $ gdb /path/to/postmaster /path/to/corefile gdb> bt ... useful info here ... gdb> quit I think the preferred debugger on Solaris might not be gdb, but if so you'll need to consult its docs to find out how to get a stack trace. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin