Sebastian Freundt <hroptatyr@xxxxxxx> writes: > using a highly surjective left (or inner) join to a table reveals data > loss if the hash join method is used. In which PG version? Given that you appear to be playing with 8.1devel code, you might be needing this bug fix: 2005-07-23 22:25 tgl * src/backend/nodes/tidbitmap.c: Fix logic error in tbm_intersect: the intersection of a normal page and a lossy page has to be lossy, because we don't know exactly which tuples on the page should remain part of the bitmap. Per Jie Zhang. If not, please send along a self-contained test case. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings