Hallo Hans,

> I'm using TIBOQuery and TIBUpdateSQL only and non of the native TIB_
> components.

AFAIK, it makes no difference: Behind the scene there is working same
piece of code.

> My little 'fix' allowed me to use these without any additional calls, and

Ack. That's why I suggested to have SysRestoreParamValueLinks as an
additional property to switch off unwanted restoring of OldParamValues
that furthermore leads to exception - sometimes.

--
Andreas