"David Parker" <dparker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > OK, well that's good to know. You mentioned ulimit in > http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-bugs/2003-12/msg00080.php Well, that was a different scenario --- or at least I thought it was. Are you seeing unwanted shutdown of the entire database cluster, or just an individual backend? What shows up in the postmaster log when this happens? regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 8: explain analyze is your friend