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>Hi Jamie,
>
> I faced same problem working with ORACLE 7.3 (UNIX). This problem also occurs with views. Eventually I decided to use ODBC driver supplied by ORACLE
>CORPORATION. You can download this driver from oracle's web site that is 'www.oracle.com'. It is in shareware section. (Don't waste your time asking Oracle/MS online help because they even don't know the solution.)
>
>Bye
>Jayesh


Thanks Jayesh, but I am getting different problems using the Oracle-supplied ODBC driver and the Microsoft-supplied ODBC driver for Oracle. Next stop is to try the Intersolv driver.

Regards,
Jamie.