A simple query: select prec.bl_considerada_prioritaria AS "A proposta é considerada prioritária por Conselho Municipal ou Estadual" from consultaprevia2008.tab_urb_asse_prec prec
The result: ERROR: invalid string enlargement request size 1073741823 But.. If i replace the accented char, leaving the query like: select prec.bl_considerada_prioritaria AS "A proposta e considerada prioritaria por Conselho Municipal ou Estadual" from consultaprevia2008.tab_urb_asse_prec prec More weird yet: This is part of a large query. I have the keyword "as", using accented chars in some other places, and works ok. My pg version: "PostgreSQL 8.2.5 on x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, compiled by GCC gcc (GCC) 4.1.2 20061115 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.1-21)" This is a restored backup from 8.1 . In 8.1 it works ok. []'s - Walter ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster