Peter Eisentraut wrote: > > The query generating the error is: > > This is useless unless we know table schema, what data is in the tables, > and what software version you use.
I can just give you (at the end of this answer) the DDL for the fields I reported in the query, but they are enough because I tried the example I'm giving you (with all tables empty and without FK, while in the original database they had less than 50 rows each) and I got the same result (so, it should be data independent - but I understand that you meant that the error could be data type dependent, so I give you the - reduced - tables definitions). I expected that the error was data independent, because, as I told before, I could not get the plan for the not-working query. Version? In my previous message I told that I'm using 7.4-1 on cygwin distribution. What other info do you need? How can I get them? All I can think more than this is that I use a Windows XP O.S. and that I got this error both using JDBC and using pgAdmin III (but it seems to me that this is an error client-independent). The other problem, however, as I asked before, is: where can I find the documentation for this error (well, besides the source, of course)? are there known limits in joining tables? Thanks again Bye Alessandro Depase CREATE TABLE public.info ( infoid varchar(10) NOT NULL, parent_infoid varchar(10), main_infoid varchar(10), fieldtypeid varchar(10) NOT NULL, CONSTRAINT info_pkey PRIMARY KEY (infoid) ) WITH OIDS; CREATE TABLE public.users_auth_groups ( userid varchar(10) NOT NULL, groupid varchar(10) NOT NULL, CONSTRAINT users_auth_groups_pkey PRIMARY KEY (userid, groupid) ) WITH OIDS; CREATE TABLE public.field_auth ( groupid varchar(10) NOT NULL, fieldtypeid varchar(10) NOT NULL, read_write varchar(1) NOT NULL, CONSTRAINT field_auth_pkey PRIMARY KEY (groupid, fieldtypeid) ) WITH OIDS; CREATE TABLE public.category_auth ( groupid varchar(10) NOT NULL, categoryid varchar(10) NOT NULL, read_write varchar(1), CONSTRAINT category_auth_pkey PRIMARY KEY (groupid, categoryid) ) WITH OIDS; CREATE TABLE public.info_category ( infoid varchar(10) NOT NULL, categoryid varchar(10) NOT NULL, CONSTRAINT info_category_pkey PRIMARY KEY (infoid, categoryid) ) WITH OIDS; ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]