I've been using PostgreSQL since it was Postgres95 and this has always been a problem- only recently it has become a BIG problem. I'm running an e-commerce backend using PostgreSQL and it works great but crashes every once in a while for mysterious reasons and then the whole company is breathing down my neck about it since we can't accept orders without a database. The only hint I've found is this in the log file: ERROR: postmaster: StreamConnection: accept: Network is unreachable This is PostgreSQL 6.5.2 compiled from source on a RedHat Linux 5.2 (Intel) system. If I can't control this, how can I detect crashes like this and restart the postmaster quickly? -+Fozz -- Doran L. Barton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Iodynamics LLC -- "Internetworking the masses" <URL:http://www.iodynamics.com/> ************