Everyone, case closed! It looks like only my combination of Windows XP SP1 and AIM* 3.2.1. does not work as expected. I installed 3.1 today, and suddenly all of my code began working. I can retrieve alarmmesg, opraction, .... all thru ODBC and PHP. ASP still needs some polishing up, but PHP is more than fine with me. I'll experiment a bit with other versions of AIM* but I think I have found the solution to my problem. Thank you all for helping me out on this one. Without your feedback I would never explore in this way. Ales Vaupotic AMI Slovenia _______________________________________________________________________ This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at your own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html foxboro mailing list: //www.freelists.org/list/foxboro to subscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=join to unsubscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=leave