Markus Wollny schrob: > 0x40198cd4 in read () from /lib/i686/libc.so.6 > (gdb) p debug_query_string > $1 = 137763608 > > What am I doing wrong? You are looking at the string's pointer. You could display it with e.g. printf "%s\n", debug_query_string HTH Andreas ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend