Hi , I too am getting a stack overflow error with blackdown jdk1.2.2. What could be the reason? How can we fix it? It occurrs very rarely. So cannot reproduce. Stack trace given below. Could you pl. help? -biju Biju Mathew Sixth Dimension Inc. Fremont, CA-94555 USA java.lang.StackOverflowError at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method) at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java, Compiled Code) at sun.io.Converters.getConverterClass(Converters.java, Compiled Code) at sun.io.Converters.getDefaultConverterClass(Converters.java, Compiled Code) at sun.io.Converters.newDefaultConverter(Converters.java, Compiled Code) at sun.io.CharToByteConverter.getDefault(CharToByteConverter.java, Compiled Code) at java.lang.String.getBytes(String.java, Compiled Code) at fiorano.jms.services.msg.def.FioranoMessage._dumpTableContents(FioranoMessage.java, Compiled Code) at fiorano.jms.services.msg.def.FioranoMessage.toStream(FioranoMessage.java, Compiled Code) at fiorano.jms.services.msg.def.FioranoTextMessage.toStream(FioranoTextMessage.java, Compiled Code) at fiorano.jms.runtime.pubsub.FioranoTopicPublisherProxy.send(FioranoTopicPublisherProxy.java, Compiled Code) at fiorano.jms.runtime.pubsub.TopicSendJob.execute(TopicSendJob.java, Compiled Code) at fiorano.jms.runtime.pubsub.FioranoProducerFactory.sendData(FioranoProducerFactory.java, Compiled Code) at fiorano.jms.runtime.pubsub.FioranoMessageProducer.publishData(FioranoMessageProducer.java, Compiled Code) at fiorano.jms.runtime.pubsub.FioranoMessageProducer.publishData(FioranoMessageProducer.java, Compiled Code) at fiorano.jms.runtime.pubsub.FioranoTopicPublisher.publish(FioranoTopicPublisher.java, Compiled Code) at com.sixd.inet.messaging.ess.fmqtopic.FMQChannel.sendImmediately(FMQChannel.java, Compiled Code) at com.sixd.inet.messaging.ess.fmqtopic.FMQChannel.send(FMQChannel.java, Compiled Code) at com.sixd.powertone.ess.inet.sender.InetSender.sendMessage(InetSender.java, Compiled Code) at com.sixd.powertone.ess.inet.sender.TelemetrySender.run(TelemetrySender.java, Compiled Code) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java, Compiled Code) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]