Ah, yes its OFF for 8.4.3 and ON for 8.4.4! Can I just turn this off on 8.4.4 or is it a compile time option? Also is this a mistake or intended? Perhaps I should tell the person who builds the pgdg packages?? Cheers, Max -----Original Message----- From: Kevin Grittner [mailto:Kevin.Grittner@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: 10 June 2010 16:16 To: Max Williams; pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Large (almost 50%!) performance drop after upgrading to 8.4.4? Max Williams <Max.Williams@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I'm afraid pg_config is not part of the pgdg packages. Connect (using psql or your favorite client) and run: show debug_assertions; -Kevin -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance