"Nykolyn, Andy (AS)" <andrew.nykolyn@xxxxxxx> writes: >> 8.4.what exactly, and did you update versions around the time this >> started happening? I'm worried that this may represent a >> newly-introduced bug. Can you provide a self-contained test case? >> It doesn't matter if it only fails occasionally, as long as we can >> keep running it till it does fail. > It is version 8.4.1 and it has been that for almost 3 years. 8.4.1? Well, the *first* thing you ought to do is update to 8.4.10 so we can see if this represents an already-fixed bug. In a quick look through the release notes I see at least two possibly related bug fixes, and in any case there are a slew of known crash and data corruption bugs you are vulnerable to. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general