Sorry, have to step in, also... > Do you test before making a release? > > [ranting about ODBC driver quality] > > What's wrong? Noone on this list is able to help you, if you don't give the details. Enable ODBC trace and send a trace to the list. Additionally, some people were able to solve similar bugs by installing SQLStudio on the client machine (which seems to have different DLLs as the ODBC driver). > By the way: Installation of the sources + DevTools > under W2k isn't funny. The installation-scripts seem > to have some bugs with the Registry-communication. Another glaring example: Don't rant here, give details (how about an installation transcript??). > I think that the DBMS SAPDB won't have a glory future, if > such errors still remain in it. It's impossible for me, > to tell other people that SAPDB is a real nice DBMS, when > they can't connect their damn Windows-Boxes to it. It's > REALLY impossible. Your opinion. Many others - including me ARE able to connect their "damn" windows boxes. And - btw. - their "not-so-damn" Linux ones also. > Please fix those anoying bugs. Maybe it is possible to > release beta-versions of the ODBC-driver. The people > need them now! I'm start really to wonder how you are treating COMMERCIAL dbms vendors ... Regards, Peter -- Peter Schäfer Dipl.-Ing.(FH) EADS Radio Communication Systems GmbH & Co. KG peter DOT schaefer AT sysde DOT eads DOT net ***** NOT SPEAKING FOR MY EMPLOYER *****