ruben <ruben20@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > I cannot find any core dump in the PGDATA directory /usr/local/pgsql (I > don't know how to debug it to get a stack trace, I'll find out). It would normally be in the per-database subdirectory ($PGDATA/base/NNN/) for the database where the problem occurs. However, if you don't see a core file there either, that probably means the postmaster was started under "ulimit -c 0" to prevent core dumps. Add "ulimit -c unlimited" to the postmaster start script and restart it. (For the sake of the archives, I'll mention that as of PG 8.1 core dumps will appear directly in $PGDATA, not in its subdirectories.) regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match