Python 2.3.5 - Zope 2.7.5 - PostgreSQL 7.3.4 - Psycopg 1.1.18 - Solaris 8 (Intel) Hi I am experiencing a new problem, that was not present in the past on the above server. From the Zope error log: Exception Type OperationalError Exception Value PQsendQuery() -- There is no connection to the backend. Traceback (innermost last): Module ZPublisher.Publish, line 92, in publish Module ZPublisher.BaseRequest, line 433, in traverse Module Products.exUserFolder.exUserFolder, line 869, in validate Module Products.exUserFolder.exUserFolder, line 1133, in listOneUser Module Products.exUserFolder.pgAuthSource.pgAuthSource, line 244, in listOneUser Module Shared.DC.ZRDB.DA, line 454, in __call__ <SQL instance at 922dd70> Module Products.ZPsycopgDA.db, line 228, in query OperationalError: PQsendQuery() -- There is no connection to the backend. When I check in psql, I can see a connection still being there. Using the query: SELECT count(pg_stat_activity.datname) AS count, pg_stat_activity.datname FROM pg_stat_activity GROUP BY pg_stat_activity.datname; (Is this really showing active connections? Or just recent usage?) If I use the close connection and then open connection buttons in the Z Psycopg Database Connection in Zope, I get the connection usually back. Sometimes I have to re-submit the properties to make it work, though. Properties settings are: "Connect immediately" is checked "Use Zope's internal DateTime module (instead of mxDateTime)" is checked Transaction isolation level: Serializable Backend encoding: UTF-8 "Output Unicode strings" is not checked This is fast becoming a real headache for us! What has changed? We have recently increased the max_connections and shared_buffers for PostgreSQL and now run more Zope instances with now averaging about 40 connections from the database (using the query above). So this is an increase. Any help on how I can find out what's going on here is very welcome! (or in short: HELP, PLEASE!) Cheers