> which is suicide on the typical x86 32bit system that has max 3.2GB (+/-) > addressable physical memory[1], never mind the issues it causes with reduced > space for page tables and such. > > if you read through all the microsoft KB articles and stuff on that flag, it > was recommended for use only under tightly controlled circumstances, like a > 32bit windows server that was dedicated to running 1-2 specific apps that > were OK with it,. Fair enough, but I wasn't actually advocating that as a solution to the poster's problem. I was merely pointing out that it isn't strictly true that there is an absolute limit of 2GB of addressable memory for user processes in 32-bit XP. Regards, Peter Geoghegan -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general