I narrowed it down. The table causing the problem was created as "create table as select from ". The view had one column that was always null and unknown type. As a result in the table the column had type ANY. That seems to have caused the problem. After I've created the table explicitly specifying all the types the problem has gone. The segfault still needs fixing at some level. Regards, Alex Shestakov. From: developers-list [mailto:developers-list-bounces+alex.shestakov=gsacapital.com@monetdb.org] On Behalf Of Shestakov, Alex Sent: 02 January 2014 11:26 To: developers-list@monetdb.org Subject: Segmentation faultin sql_optimizer Hi, I have a segmentation fault when running an SQL query against a specific table. I can execute queries like "select count(*) from <TABLE>" but the server crashes when I do "select * from <TABLE> where businessdate = '2013-12-18' limit 100". MonetDB version: MonetDB Database Server Toolkit v1.1 (Feb2013-SP5) Stack trace: #0 0x00007f7cf2987eb1 in GDKfilepath (path=0x7f6e44f0db5d "", dir=0x7f7ceb4c51d4 "bat", name=0x0, ext=0x0) at gdk_storage.c:51 #1 0x00007f7ceb3fbbd3 in BATlocation (fnme=0x7f6e44f0fbe0, bid=<value optimized out>) at sql_optimizer.c:77 #2 0x00007f7ceb3fc59a in SQLgetStatistics (c=0x7f7cebed6308) at sql_optimizer.c:160 #3 addQueryToCache (c=0x7f7cebed6308) at sql_optimizer.c:295 #4 0x00007f7ceb3fb7ed in backend_dumpproc (be=0x7f6e3809d5f0, c=0x7f7cebed6308, cq=0x7f6e383d4090, s=0x7f6e3837bd20) at sql_gencode.c:2431 #5 0x00007f7ceb3e2067 in SQLparser (c=0x7f7cebed6308) at sql_scenario.c:1755 #6 0x00007f7cf2f35b63 in runPhase (c=0x7f7cebed6308) at mal_scenario.c:522 #7 runScenarioBody (c=0x7f7cebed6308) at mal_scenario.c:558 #8 0x00007f7cf2f35caf in runScenario (c=0x7f7cebed6308) at mal_scenario.c:586 #9 0x00007f7cf2f36508 in MSserveClient (dummy=0x7f7cebed6308) at mal_session.c:446 #10 0x0000003ee9a07851 in start_thread () from /lib64/libpthread.so.0 #11 0x0000003ee92e890d in clone () from /lib64/libc.so.6 The problem is that it tries to de-reference null pointer 'name'. The pointer is calculated in BATLocation as (b->T->heap.filename ? b->T->heap.filename: b->H->heap.filename). The column in question has type real so as far as I understand there is no heap file for it. I don't know if heap.filename should contain NULL or something else. Regards, Alex Shestakov. ________________________________ This email and any files transmitted with it contain confidential and proprietary information and is solely for the use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient please return the email to the sender and delete it from your computer and you must not use, disclose, distribute, copy, print or rely on this email or its contents. This communication is for informational purposes only. It is not intended as an offer or solicitation for the purchase or sale of any financial instrument or as an official confirmation of any transaction. Any comments or statements made herein do not necessarily reflect those of GSA Capital. GSA Capital Partners LLP is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and is registered in England and Wales at Stratton House, 5 Stratton Street, London W1J 8LA, number OC309261. GSA Capital Services Limited is registered in England and Wales at the same address, number 5320529. ________________________________ This email and any files transmitted with it contain confidential and proprietary information and is solely for the use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient please return the email to the sender and delete it from your computer and you must not use, disclose, distribute, copy, print or rely on this email or its contents. This communication is for informational purposes only. It is not intended as an offer or solicitation for the purchase or sale of any financial instrument or as an official confirmation of any transaction. Any comments or statements made herein do not necessarily reflect those of GSA Capital. GSA Capital Partners LLP is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and is registered in England and Wales at Stratton House, 5 Stratton Street, London W1J 8LA, number OC309261. GSA Capital Services Limited is registered in England and Wales at the same address, number 5320529.