Hi Tom,
> What PG version is this? 8.4 has a connection leak in some cases:
> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-committers/2009-09/msg00125.php
>
> This fix hasn't made any released version yet, but you could apply the
> source patch shown there.
This is 8.4.0 on Windows. Looks like it's the bug you mention. I guess
I'll just upgrade to 8.4.1.
Thanks,
Peter Geoghegan