At 01:22 AM 7/02/2008, you wrote:

>Turning off KeyLinksAutodefine or leaving on with the code below still
>gives the same error.
>
>SELECT
>ITEM_ATTRIB_DATA
>FROM ITEM_ATTRIB
>WHERE
>ITEM_ID = :ITEM_ID

OK, best describe 1) versions of things (dbserver, client lib, IBO) and 2) at what point you see the exception message.

Helen