hi, I just noticed that this effect (see previous posting) only happens if i have cmp-fields that are mapped to LONG columns (with oracle you don't have a choice if your text can be longer that 4k). is this an oracle jdbc problem? is anyone else using orion with oracle? robert -- (-) Robert Krüger (-) SIGNAL 7 Gesellschaft für Informationstechnologie mbH (-) Brüder-Knauß-Str. 79 - 64285 Darmstadt, (-) Tel: 06151 665401, Fax: 06151 665373 (-) [EMAIL PROTECTED], www.signal7.de