Hi Andrus...

- did you use any fll function before connectig?
- did you use any DLL function before connectig?
- did you try call _fpreset() before connectig? (HP printer drivers)

MartinJ

>>By any chance is there a FireWall on the W98 Machine?
>
>No. Only AVG antivirus is present. I turned AVG resident shield off but the problem persists.
>Also I turned Postgres ODBC driver logging ON. Driver log shows that driver seems to return OK. So that error does not in driver code.