"Lawrence Oluyede" <l.oluyede@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > 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 I think we finally found the problem. Please see if things are more stable with 8.3RC1 plus this patch: http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-committers/2008-01/msg00190.php regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster