Hi, I got the similar problem - as i understood, the latest odbc driver do not understand some text fields/ i have solved the problem after installing older drivers, such as :psqlodbc-07_02_0004.zip DBC> I use in my application the BDE 5.01 with psqlodbc DBC> After instalation the postgresql 8.0.3 in my winxp with sp2 or sp1 in two cases the simple SQL comand with BDE result Error: Bad field type. DBC> I go select * from usuarios and i go normally DBC> I go select nome, codigo from usuarios i go Error: Bad field type. DBC> What is this?? DBC> Thanks DBC> Dario -- Ñ óâàæåíèåì, Èãîðü mailto:go@xxxxxxx ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org