Thanks Fabian and Niels. A fix of this bug is greatly welcomed. That was quick action. I'm using SUSE10.1 and I just installed the build presently posted on: http://monetdb.cwi.nl/testing/projects/monetdb/Stable/.DailyBuilds./RPMs/SuS... However, this build still carries the problem. Will the fix appear on this web page and if so when? Or is there some other way I should get this fix? Thanks again..........George