Received: from localhost (maia-4.hub.org [200.46.204.183]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3EEB59FA4B4 for ; Tue, 2 Jan 2007 18:06:39 -0400 (AST) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.183]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 00669-05 for ; Tue, 2 Jan 2007 18:06:34 -0400 (AST) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.4 Received: from mail.metronet.co.uk (mail.metronet.co.uk [213.162.97.75]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E29F9FA48F for ; Tue, 2 Jan 2007 18:06:34 -0400 (AST) Received: from mainbox.archonet.com (84-51-143-99.archon037.adsl.metronet.co.uk [84.51.143.99]) by smtp.metronet.co.uk (MetroNet Mail) with ESMTP id 4F8A473ECB; Tue, 2 Jan 2007 22:06:28 +0000 (GMT) Received: from [192.168.1.17] (client17.office.archonet.com [192.168.1.17]) by mainbox.archonet.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0598AFF04; Tue, 2 Jan 2007 22:06:24 +0000 (GMT) Message-ID: <459AD760.6090205@archonet.com> Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2007 22:06:24 +0000 From: Richard Huxton User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.8 (X11/20061115) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Erik Jones Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Subject: Re: More 8.2 client issues (Was: [Slow dump?) References: <459AD5A8.7030102@myemma.com> In-Reply-To: <459AD5A8.7030102@myemma.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200701/28 X-Sequence-Number: 22629 Erik Jones wrote: > Hmm... This gets stranger and stranger. When connecting to the > database with the psql client in 8.2's bin directory and using commands > such as \d the client hangs, or takes an extremely long time. If we > connect to the same 8.2 database with a psql client from 8.1.4, both > remotely and locally, \d responds immediately. Could the issue be with > the client programs somehow? Couldn't be some DNS problems that only affect the 8.2 client I suppose? -- Richard Huxton Archonet Ltd