I wrote > Anyway, the problem are the no. of semaphores created by Postgres: > Every backend creates at least 4*<max_connections> semaphores. Sorry, this must read <max_connections> semaphores, not 4 times. Rainer ---------------------------(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