Here it is: postgres$ gdb /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postgres core.1600 (gdb) bt #0 0x082c101c in pfree (pointer=0x8472f00) at mcxt.c:591 #1 0xb7e46513 in xmlCleanupCharEncodingHandlers () from /usr/lib/libxml2.so.2 #2 0xb7e4f091 in xmlCleanupParser () from /usr/lib/libxml2.so.2 #3 0x082940e4 in xpath (fcinfo=0xbfee59c4) at xml.c:3441 #4 0x0817107f in ExecMakeFunctionResult (fcache=0x84723d0, econtext=0x8472348, isNull=0x8472fa8 "", isDone=0x8472fb8) at execQual.c:1351 #5 0x0816f522 in ExecProject (projInfo=0x8472e98, isDone=0xbfee5c78) at execQual.c:4601 #6 0x08175987 in ExecScan (node=0x84722c0, accessMtd=0x817e310 <IndexNext>) at execScan.c:143 #7 0x0817e2e7 in ExecIndexScan (node=0x84722c0) at nodeIndexscan.c:147 #8 0x0816ee7a in ExecProcNode (node=0x84722c0) at execProcnode.c:338 #9 0x0816e113 in ExecutorRun (queryDesc=0x845e908, direction=ForwardScanDirection, count=0) at execMain.c:1233 #10 0x08204ea0 in PortalRunSelect (portal=0x84577a0, forward=<value optimized out>, count=0, dest=0x845d1c8) at pquery.c:943 #11 0x08205eaa in PortalRun (portal=0x84577a0, count=2147483647, isTopLevel=1 '\001', dest=0x845d1c8, altdest=0x845d1c8, completionTag=0xbfee5ee8 "") at pquery.c:797 #12 0x082013c3 in exec_simple_query ( query_string=0x8453790 "SELECT xpath('//sp:description/text()', content, ARRAY[ARRAY['sp', 'http://www.statpro.net/xml/structure/1.0']])\n FROM instrument WHERE code = 'TEST0018';") at postgres.c:963 #13 0x08202ebc in PostgresMain (argc=4, argv=<value optimized out>, username=0x83d2330 "postgres") at postgres.c:3531 #14 0x081d76cf in ServerLoop () at postmaster.c:3180 #15 0x081d83a5 in PostmasterMain (argc=3, argv=0x83ccb08) at postmaster.c:1028 #16 0x081909a0 in main (argc=3, argv=0x82c0c00) at main.c:188 (gdb) l 586 header = (StandardChunkHeader *) 587 ((char *) pointer - STANDARDCHUNKHEADERSIZE); 588 589 AssertArg(MemoryContextIsValid(header->context)); 590 591 (*header->context->methods->free_p) (header->context, pointer); 592 } 593 594 /* 595 * repalloc I also uploaded the entire core file on the net, if you want to inspect it: http://www.oluyede.org/temp/core.1600 (it's ~ 30M) thank you -- Lawrence, oluyede.org - neropercaso.it "It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on not understanding it" - Upton Sinclair ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org/