hi Larry,
you'll need to supply a lot more information on this.
what version of cr are you using?
is this an application that you're building and if so what sdk?
is this happening in the cr designer, and / or in your app, and / or in the enterprise environment?
what database?
what driver?
what is the platform situation...i.e. are you using citrix, vmware, windows server 2008, etc.
i'm also moving this discussion to the database connectivity forum.