> Not sure --- when are you thinking of, and what was the context? > I don't usually keep sample data unless the issue still seems open. I was referring to a dump I provided a link to you called "pg83-leads-sanitized.db" which was around 20 Dec, with email subject "Re: 8.3b2 XPath-based function index server crash". >> I also noticed these in my log file, don't know if this is helpful: >> TRAP: FailedAssertion("!(pointer == (void *) (((long) ((pointer)) + ((4) >> - >> 1)) & ~((long) ((4) - 1))))", File: "mcxt.c", Line: 581) >> LOG: server process (PID 714) was terminated by signal 6: Abort trap >> TRAP: BadArgument("!(((header->context) != ((void *)0) && >> (((((Node*)((header->context)))->type) == T_AllocSetContext))))", File: >> "mcxt.c", Line: 589) >> LOG: server process (PID 633) was terminated by signal 6: Abort trap > > These are consistent with the idea that we've got a memory-allocation > problem, ie, libxml is trying to access data that was already freed. > But exactly where and how is not any more clear than before. > > FWIW, I think it's unlikely that a single query will reproduce this, > because the problem looks to be an expectation that leftover data is > still valid when it ain't. What you need to be looking for is a series > of two or more queries that crash PG. Possibly it'll be easier to > reproduce with that in mind ... Thanks for the tips. I am trying to get some sort of reproducible series of queries, but so far no luck. I'll let you know if I find anything. -- m@ ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly