I recently upgraded my production server to 7.1 because people keep saying how performance is so much better than 7.0.3 and because 8k row length limitation was removed postgres is accessed by mod_perl processes maintaining persistent connections. Before I can count the number of mod_perl processes and the number of postgres backend processes and they are the same. Now postgres processes outnumber mod_perl processes by about 25% and for some reason the number of processes (both mod_perl and postgres) keep increasing beyond what is normal for the same amount of traffic at my site. Anyone else notice that? Thanks ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/faq.html