Don Seiler <don@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Yes exactly. That's the parent PID for that process. Presumably, the reason the command columns look the same is that the child process hasn't yet had a chance to change its PS display string. The fact that its accumulated runtime shows as 00:00:00 squares with that. 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