On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 4:49 PM, Chris Kelley <iamchriskelley@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> I have a persistent PgAdmin problem - when I click the SQL window icon from
> the PgAdmin main window, the program freezes and must be force-closed. This
> happens without fail, and this behavior has persisted despite reinstalls,
> registry wipes, and upgrades. I believe this behavior first occurred after
> trying to process to parse a wikipedia dump file with a massive (~100 Mb)
> query. I can still execute queries using the psql console window, but as I'm
> fairly new to full-blown sql (coming from Access) this really slows down the
> development process. Currently I am using PgAdminIII 1.12.2. This issue is
> limited to my work desktop computer (Dell T1500 quadcore with Windows 7
> 32-bit), which does have a centrally managed Symantec Endpoint antivirus
> installed. My personal netbook is running the same version of PgAdminIII
> without issue.
> I'd really appreciate any help you can offer, and would be happy to supply
> additional info if needed.
Sounds like you've hit a known bug which should be fixed in 1.12.3,
due to be released in the next few days. Try deleting the
pgadmin_histoqueries.xml file which stores the query history - it
should be in %APPDATA%\postgresql\
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