"The use of the ODBC driver is currently not possible on platforms for which the standard UNICODE type WCHAR_T with four bytes is defined." I couldn't get the idea behind this statement in the docs. Does it means that you can not use ODBC for connecting to the MaxDB system running on *nix? Or that you can not connect with ODBC driver from a *nix environement? ( I wonder how and why one should try to connect to db in *nix with M$ driver?) Sorry for lots of questions, I am writing an essay on open databases, and there is not enough technical reviews for the MaxDB on the net. What I coould find is all pratical documents. I would be glad if someone could help me finding resources. Thans Arash -- Television has brought back murder into the home -- where it belongs. -- Alfred Hitchcock -- MaxDB Discussion Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/maxdb To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/maxdb?unsub=sapdb-general@progressive-comp.com