hi all, Aurelien Gateau sent me a patch to add ODBC support to xdb_sql (only tested with the easysoft gateway) and another one to avoid using sqldb_num_tuples. I've integrated them and released a new version of xdb_sql (1.1) avalaible in the contrib zone of j.o Regards, Benoit. -- Benoit Orihuela IDEALX S.A.S.