We added GUC update_process_title (default is 'on') in 8.2 based on tests Tom ran showing that there was a performance impact for the process title. With the new use of strlcpy(), is there still an impact from process title? Tom, would you run your tests again? Thanks. -- Bruce Momjian bruce(at)momjian(dot)us EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. +