Now i have debugged the _first_ "Insert" Statement in my etextin function cause i got a NULL value for inputText on second insert. now etextin function looks like: Datum etextin(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS) { char *inputText = PG_GETARG_CSTRING(0); text *result; int len=0; if(!inputText) return CStringGetDatum("");//only for testing purpose /* verify encoding */ len = strlen(inputText); pg_verifymbstr(inputText, len, false); result = (text *) palloc(len + VARHDRSZ); VARATT_SIZEP(result) = len + VARHDRSZ; memcpy(VARDATA(result), inputText, len); PG_RETURN_TEXT_P(result); } debug:(SQL=insert into test ( var1) values ('aiksnd');) (gdb) break new_types.c:26 Breakpoint 1 at 0x40ffe888: file new_types.c, line 26. (gdb) cont Continuing. Breakpoint 1, etextin (fcinfo=0x8332c90) at new_types.c:26 26 if(!inputText) (gdb) display inputText 1: inputText = 0x8332c90 "@-3\b\020" this looks weird to me. The content should be "aiksnd" or i'm wrong? i think i have missed some precondition but don't know which. With this additional if(!inputText) condition inserts don't crash anymore. But each select on the table crashs now. Markus Schulz ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend