> killed > > it after 15 minutes and no results...rather I tried to kill it, but > it looks > > like I'm going to have to -9 it... > > How big were the arrays you were trying to push around here? I tried > interrupting a similar query and it came right back; but if you were > building some really enormous arrays I could see the final array > build loop taking awhile, and there's no CHECK_FOR_INTERRUPTS in it... > > regards, tom lane [Spotts, Christopher] Like I'd said originally, there were no arrays that ended up being more 4 elements long - all integers. The vast majority of them were 1 or 2 long. If it was having trouble allocating the memory for arrays, why doesn't using a ARRAY(subselect) yield the same issue? -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general