I wrote: > I haven't yet managed to actually try an int32 ticketLen, but I've just tried with an int32 ticketLen. Still fails, same way. My "new" test machine is an RS/6000 C10: PowerPC 601 @ 80 Mhz, 64 M main memory, 1.2G hard disk. Apparently this is museum quality: http://www3.nbnet.nb.ca/mclays/ibmc10.html -Marcus