ISTM that xact_desc routines do not work properly when called with WAL_DEBUG enabled from XLogInsert().
LOG: INSERT @ 0/3740978: prev 0/3740938; xid 5699: Transaction - commit: 2008-10-14 03:14:14.866437+01; subxacts: 10447936 0 STATEMENT: commit; LOG: INSERT @ 0/37409F0: prev 0/37409B0; xid 5702: Transaction - commit: 2008-10-14 03:14:17.687843+01; subxacts: 10447936 0 STATEMENT: commit; The arrays... work fine in recovery, just not prior to inserting. Anyway, that led me a merry dance with other code. -- Simon Riggs www.2ndQuadrant.com PostgreSQL Training, Services and Support -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers