m.c.wilkins@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes: > so maybe i'm using the word crash too liberally. this is the error > message i get: > server closed the connection unexpectedly Looks like a crash to me. > version is 8.2.0, just downloaded a few days ago. There's a known bug in 8.2.0 having to do with failing out of a subtransaction, which would include a plperlu spi_exec() to a query that gets an error. So I'm thinking that might be what you're hitting. If you built from source, you could apply this patch: http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-committers/2006-12/msg00063.php regards, tom lane
