Sam Stearns <samtstearns@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > I have a SELECT query that runs no problem standalone but when running > within a perl script it intermittently core dumps. Random, no pattern > to the timing of the core dumps. The perl script processes the rows > from the query, if the rows satisfy a condition then the perl script > adds the rows to another table. When the script works it runs for > about a minute. If the script fails, it runs for about 5 minutes and > core dumps. The core dump is in the perl error handling routines. We > suspect the bug is related to how the perl postgres libraries interact > with postgres. Can you get a stack trace from one of the core dumps? Also, exactly which perl version are you using, and with what build options? ("perl -V" output would be a good answer here.) BTW, this seems pretty off-topic for pgsql-performance. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance