I also guessed the same at initial stage of debugging. So i tried to export the tbl_voucher data to a file and it works fine. Then i googled and found some link, its explaines the reason is higher size of the database. But didnt get any proper solution in the internet. -- View this message in context: http://postgresql.1045698.n5.nabble.com/backup-strategies-for-large-databases-tp4697145p4737737.html Sent from the PostgreSQL - general mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general