Ed L. wrote: > Right. I'm asking if the fix for this problem is in the new > 8.1.8 software, or in the new DB structure resulting from the > initdb, or perhaps both. There is no new DB structure in 8.1.8, which is why you can update without initdb. Consult the release notes for details. -- Peter Eisentraut http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/