Hi Christopher, thanks for caring about my problem. ;) > I couldn't reproduce your problem. What does your table look like? > What version of PHP & OCI8? What version of Oracle? I using PHP 5.2.5 on a Linux 2.6.9 machine. The version of OCI8 is 1.2.4 (Revision 1.269.2.16.2.38, Oracle Instant Client Version 10.2). The output of "select * from v$version" is: Oracle8i Enterprise Edition Release 8.1.7.0.0 - Production PL/SQL Release 8.1.7.0.0 - Production CORE 8.1.7.0.0 Production TNS for IBM/AIX RISC System/6000: Version 8.1.7.0.0 - Developmen NLSRTL Version 3.4.1.0.0 - Production And here is the output of "desc projekte_generisch": Name Null? Type PID NOT NULL CHAR(8) ANFANG NOT NULL VARCHAR2(8) ENDE VARCHAR2(8) LAENGE NOT NULL NUMBER And of course the data record I am searching for. select * FROM projekte_generisch where pid='u0test' PID ANFANG ENDE LAENGE u0test utest 8 Hope this helps diagnosting the error. Cheers, Manuel -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php