"David Parker" <dparker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > But I'm wondering - shouldn't that be part of normal server startup, > cleaning out the pg_listener table? Perhaps, but the code is written such that it's unlikely to be a major problem --- notifying processes automatically clean out entries that don't correspond to active backend PIDs. The long-term solution to LISTEN/NOTIFY performance issues is to get rid of the table altogether, so I don't see a lot of point in putting effort into band-aids like cleaning out the table during restart. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: don't forget to increase your free space map settings