Hi, pg_stat_activity sometimes list no connections or a number of connections much smaller than the number of postgres.exe processes.
We also have these messages in our PostgreSQL log approximately 20 times a day. FATAL: could not read from statistics collector pipe: No error FATAL: could not write to statistics collector pipe: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it. or FATAL: could not read from statistics collector pipe: No error LOG: statistics collector process (PID 1628) was terminated by signal 1 It looks like the pg_stat_activity problem and the messages become more frequent as the load/number of connection increases. We were having the same pg_stat_activity problem and the same messages with PostgreSQL 8.0.1 but didn't have the messages with PostgreSQL 7.4.1. we don't know if pg_stat_activity was ok with 7.4.1 because we weren't using it back then. We are using Windows 2000 Server, Service Pack 4. Thanks Jean-Pierre Pelletier e-djuster ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match