Hi all. I've just started working with DB2 and every time I connect/disconnect/reconnect to the database via the BDE I get an exception. I can reproduce this in a number of ways: 1. In BDEAdmin or DBExplorer: Open the database. Close it. Try to reopen it. 2. In the Delphi IDE: Create a database component and aim it at the DB2 alias. Open it. Close it. Try to reopen it. 3. In a Delphi-compiled app: Create a database component and aim it at the DB2 alias. Open it. Close it. Try to reopen it. In all cases, exiting the program in question will allow me to once again get a single connection and shut it down. But reconnection always falls over. Any ideas? BJ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz