> > 2. It happens while the postmaster is idle. If I leave it > idle for a > > while and then come back, I'll have a whole bunch of new > processes in > > my task-manager and zombies in tcpview. > > Hmm ... how many processes? Did you enable autovacuum > perchance? If so, does the number of processes correspond > approximately to the "autovacuum_naptime"?
IIRC, the win32 installer will enable autovacuum by default. And yes, autovacuum was my first thought as well after Thomas last mail - that would be a good explanation to why it happens when the postmaster is idle. //Magnus ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
