Last I tried, a few years ago, Crystal 8.5 would not work at all with PostgreSQL. Version 9 works but the later service packs handle it much better. Can you browse the table data through the database expert? Mike On Wed, 2006-07-12 at 10:23 -0300, Juan Ignacio Lalla wrote: > Hello, > > I'm using Crystal Reports 8.5 against PostgreSQL Database Server 8.1. > The thing is that when I try to use an SQL Expression Field in > Crystal, doesn't work (it does work when I don't use it). > > Returns the following error: > Error in compiling SQL Expression: > Cannot find parser table file(s). > > The expression is the folowing: > {fn SUBSTRING( TABLE."column", 1, 250 )} > > (column datatype is "text") > > This sentence worked against other databases, but not against > PostgreSQL... > > Has anybody pass through this situation? > > > Thanks for your assistance, > > Juan > >