Hi, When i run the COPY command from a batch script and after few minutes of processing (2,3minutes), and few thousand lines inserted in the DB, im getting : Connection terminated merovingian log is showing: MSG demo[5084]: # MonetDB server v5.6.0, based on kernel v1.24.0 MSG demo[5084]: # Serving database 'demo' MSG demo[5084]: # Compiled for i686-pc-linux-gnu/32bit with 32bit OIDs dynamically linked MSG demo[5084]: # Copyright (c) 1993-2008 CWI, all rights reserved MSG demo[5084]: # Visit http://monetdb.cwi.nl/ for further information MSG demo[5084]: # Listening for connection requests on mapi:monetdb://ulys:50001/ MSG merovingian[3981]: proxying client 127.0.0.1:41420 for database 'demo' to mapi:monetdb://ulys:50001/ MSG merovingian[3981]: client has 127.0.0.1:41420 disconnected from proxy MSG merovingian[3981]: database 'demo' already running since 2008-09-12 11:44:44, up min/avg/max: 30/37441/213742, crash average: 0.00 0.10 0.03 (8-6=1) MSG merovingian[3981]: proxying client 127.0.0.1:41422 for database 'demo' to mapi:monetdb://ulys:50001/ MSG merovingian[3981]: client has 127.0.0.1:41422 disconnected from proxy MSG merovingian[3981]: database 'demo' already running since 2008-09-12 11:44:44, up min/avg/max: 30/37441/213742, crash average: 0.00 0.10 0.03 (8-6=1) MSG merovingian[3981]: proxying client 127.0.0.1:41424 for database 'demo' to mapi:monetdb://ulys:50001/ MSG merovingian[3981]: client has 127.0.0.1:41424 disconnected from proxy MSG merovingian[3981]: database 'demo' already running since 2008-09-12 11:44:44, up min/avg/max: 30/37441/213742, crash average: 0.00 0.10 0.03 (8-6=1) MSG merovingian[3981]: proxying client 127.0.0.1:41426 for database 'demo' to mapi:monetdb://ulys:50001/ MSG merovingian[3981]: client has 127.0.0.1:41426 disconnected from proxy MSG merovingian[3981]: database 'demo' already running since 2008-09-12 11:44:44, up min/avg/max: 30/37441/213742, crash average: 0.00 0.10 0.03 (8-6=1) MSG merovingian[3981]: proxying client 127.0.0.1:41428 for database 'demo' to mapi:monetdb://ulys:50001/ MSG merovingian[3981]: client has 127.0.0.1:41428 disconnected from proxy MSG merovingian[3981]: database 'demo' already running since 2008-09-12 11:44:44, up min/avg/max: 30/37441/213742, crash average: 0.00 0.10 0.03 (8-6=1) MSG merovingian[3981]: proxying client 127.0.0.1:41430 for database 'demo' to mapi:monetdb://ulys:50001/ MSG merovingian[3981]: client has 127.0.0.1:41430 disconnected from proxy MSG merovingian[3981]: database 'demo' already running since 2008-09-12 11:44:44, up min/avg/max: 30/37441/213742, crash average: 0.00 0.10 0.03 (8-6=1) MSG merovingian[3981]: proxying client 127.0.0.1:41432 for database 'demo' to mapi:monetdb://ulys:50001/ MSG merovingian[3981]: database 'demo' already running since 2008-09-12 11:44:44, up min/avg/max: 30/37441/213742, crash average: 0.00 0.10 0.03 (8-6=1) MSG merovingian[3981]: proxying client 127.0.0.1:41434 for database 'demo' to mapi:monetdb://ulys:50001/ MSG merovingian[3981]: client has 127.0.0.1:41432 disconnected from proxy MSG merovingian[3981]: database 'demo' already running since 2008-09-12 11:44:44, up min/avg/max: 30/37441/213742, crash average: 0.00 0.10 0.03 (8-6=1) MSG merovingian[3981]: proxying client 127.0.0.1:41436 for database 'demo' to mapi:monetdb://ulys:50001/ MSG merovingian[3981]: client has 127.0.0.1:41434 disconnected from proxy MSG merovingian[3981]: client has 127.0.0.1:41436 disconnected from proxy MSG merovingian[3981]: database 'demo' already running since 2008-09-12 11:44:44, up min/avg/max: 30/37441/213742, crash average: 0.00 0.10 0.03 (8-6=1) MSG merovingian[3981]: proxying client 127.0.0.1:41438 for database 'demo' to mapi:monetdb://ulys:50001/ MSG merovingian[3981]: client has 127.0.0.1:41438 disconnected from proxy MSG merovingian[3981]: database 'demo' already running since 2008-09-12 11:44:44, up min/avg/max: 30/37441/213742, crash average: 0.00 0.10 0.03 (8-6=1) MSG merovingian[3981]: proxying client 127.0.0.1:41440 for database 'demo' to mapi:monetdb://ulys:50001/ TME 2008-09-12 11:56:46 MSG merovingian[3981]: client has 127.0.0.1:41440 disconnected from proxy This is what my script does : #!/bin/sh FILE=$1 awk -F "\"*;\"*" '{print ";",$1,";",$2,";",$3,";",$4,";",$5,";",$6,";",$8,";",$9,";",$10,";",$13,";",$15,";",$18,";",$22,";",$24,";",$25,";",$26,";",$27,";",$28,";",$29,";",$30,";",$31,";",$32,";",$33,";",$35,";",$36,";",$38,";",$39,";",$42,";",$47,";",$48,";",$49,";",$53,";",$54,";",$55,";","FILE"}' $1 | sed -e "s/ ; /;/g; s/; /;/g" | mclient -lsql -d demo -i -s "COPY INTO cdrwholesaler FROM STDIN USING DELIMITERS ';' NULL AS ''" and this is how i call it : find /usr/ftp -name '*.CDR' -exec /var/www/consolecdr/batch/test_monetdb/awk_csv_generator.sh {} \; Is there anything im doing wrong ? I have the feeling there must be too many connections crashing the system .. coz after that i can't use mclient anymore, i have to restart the DB. Please advise, Thanks SB