Hi.

Exists too tables (PostgreSQL 7.2.3):

a ("cl" integer primary key, a1, a2, ...) - 100000 records;

b ("cl" integer primary key, b1, b2, ...) - 800 records.

BEGIN;

DECLARE "c" SCROLL CURSOR FOR select a.*,r.b1 as rb1 from a left join b using 
(cl) order by a.cl;

FETCH FORWARD 100 in "c"; 

FETCH FORWARD 100 in "c";

MOVE -200 in "c";

NOTICE:  Message from PostgreSQL backend:
	The Postmaster has informed me that some other backend
	died abnormally and possibly corrupted shared memory.
	I have rolled back the current transaction and am
	going to terminate your database system connection and exit.
	Please reconnect to the database system and repeat your query.

Without left join - all rights.

Why?

Thanks in advance.

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