On 2/22/08, David Jaquay <djaquay@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > When I do a ps -ef, in the command column, I see: > > postgres: postgres dbname 10.170.1.60(57413) idle > > I get all of this, except the "57413". What does this mean, and more > importantly, how can I tie that number back to a connection that I've > acquired via JDBC? At a guess, it's the ephemeral port number used by the client connection. It might be hard to track back in Java because I don't think the JDBC driver gives you access to the underlying Socket object (which you could query to find out its local port). -Doug ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq