At 09:35 AM 26/07/2006, you wrote:

>I've used this scheme succesfully and w/o error w/IBOTable,
>but now with IBOQuery I'm getting 'Dataset not in edit or insert
>mode':
>
> BlobStrmSave: TStream;
> {Ed: TMemo}
>
> if IBOquery.Active then
> begin
> if IBOquery.State <> dsEdit then
> IBOquery.Edit;
> if IBOquery.State = dsEdit then
> begin
> BlobStrmSave := IBOquery.CreateBlobStream(IBOquery.FieldByName
> ('NOTES'), bmWrite);
> try
> Ed.Lines.SaveToStream(BlobStrmSave);
> IBOquery.Post;
> Ed.Modified := False;
> finally
> // this call returns 'Dataset not in edit or insert mode' ???
> FreeAndNil(BlobStrmSave);
> end;
> end;
> end;

1. Is the query updatable? (Show us the statement!)

2. Do you have its RequestLive property set true?

Helen