I got a problem.. im using mySQL the newest release on a redhat 7.x for the server.. And im doing some programming.. on a win2k pro with delphi 5.0 ent ed. and im using the myODBC driver in windows to connect to the db. Tho when the db is empty [mailboxes] mailbox char 50 fullname char 50 password char 50 domain char 50 i got the user with all priv on.. the user.. so he is a super user, so it all works that way.. tho the problem is.. * When the database is empty then i got in Delphi Invalid field size error and cant use the db. * When i set some data in the db lets say mailbox = 'box1' fullname = 'donald duck' password = 'pluto' domain = 'ducktales.com' then i can use the db in delphi but i cant set values in other posts in the db that are larger in width (chars) then the other.. like this.. in the mailbox coloum i got 'box1' thats 4 chars in the other mailbox fields i cant set anything that is larger than 4 chars. and so on.. but if i set all fields with one post of 50 chars then i can use all fields like it should work!! please help!.. b4 i have to switch to ms$SQL // Eric Holmbom PICAB