"Lim Berger" <straightfwd007@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Wow, you are right! The "su - postgres" showed up with wildly > different values! Most notably, the "max user processes" is only 20!! > Whereas in the regular user stuff it was above 14000. Would you know > how to change this in a CentOS Linux machine? Where can I find the > startup settings for postgresql? Yipes, that's pretty bogus. The most likely culprit would be a .profile or .bashrc script belonging to the postgres user --- poke around in its home directory. 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