"Merlin Moncure" <mmoncure@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > third (but unlikely) possibility is there are various dropped tables, > etc which need to be deleted but there are stale postgresql processes > holding on to the fd. This would only happen following a postmaster > crash or some other bizarre scenario, but i've seen it on production > box. Brent Reid reported something similar in bug #3483 but I'm still quite unclear how it'd happen in any realistic scenario. Can you create a test case? regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend