Maybe this article can help:
Windows and the ClearCase process limit: Understanding the desktop heap
http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/rational/library/05/1220_marechal/
""Merlin Moncure"" mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com
>I confirmed the problem on a fairly recent 8.2devel
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> merlin
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> On 8/10/06, Merlin Moncure <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>> what version postgresql?
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>> merlin
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