Hi Y'all. I have been getting the dreaded "unexpected EOF on client connection" in my system logs, but the surprising thing is that it comes from psql (I think). I am executing psql via a 'system' system call, and about 1 time out of 20 I get the "unexpected EOF" message. Unfortunately, this also causes the 'system' call to return an error, even though all SQL code was executed properly. (After searching postgresql.org I found out that the message normally means that PGfinish wasn't called.) the exact code in question is: res=system("/usr/bin/psql <a-file-name"); Gory details available on request. Thanks for any help, John Gateley [EMAIL PROTECTED], J. River, Inc.