Setting the value of an Informix v7.3 BLOB field using ADO, VFP and OLEDB

Hi everyone, I'm trying to replace an Informix v7.3 BLOB field in an existing record with a .PDF file and it's giving me fits! I've adapted the KB article Q258038 (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;258038) to work in VFP, but I"m getting the error: "OLE exception error: Exception code c0000005. OLE object may be corrupt" When I execute the loRecordSet.UpdateBatch command. I do know that the document on disk is OK, I can open it in Acrobat and it looks fine. I've also tried using other .PDF's with the same results. I've also tried the ADLOCKOPTIMISTIC/Update combo with the same results. I'm not very well versed in ADO so I find myself googling all day hunting for leads. Any expert knowledge would be appreciated. FYI - I've tried other cursor types, but the others error out saying "Scroll cursor can't select blob columns". See below for my code. ====================================== #include "I:\\COMMON\\adovfp.h" LOCAL lcConnStr, lcSQL, loConnection, lcImageName, ; loRecordSet, loADOStream lcConnStr = 'Provider=Ifxoledbc.2;' +; 'Password=Password;' + ; 'Persist Security Info=True;' +; 'User ID=UserID;' +; 'Data Source=MyDatabase@MyServer' lcSQL = "SELECT dm_id, dm_seq, dm_doc FROM informix.document WHERE dm_id = 22280 AND dm_seq = 0" *!* Creates the objects. loConnection = CREATEOBJECT("ADODB.Connection") loRecordSet = CREATEOBJECT("ADODB.Recordset") loADOStream = CREATEOBJECT("ADODB.Stream") *!* Open the connections. loConnection.OPEN(lcConnStr) loRecordSet.CursorLocation = adUseClient loRecordSet.OPEN(lcSQL,loConnection,ADOPENFORWARDONLY,ADLOCKBATCHOPTIMISTIC, 1) *!* Set Stream Object properties. loADOStream.TYPE = 1 && 1=Binary Data, 2=Text Data. loADOStream.OPEN loADOStream.LoadFromFile("I:\\INFORMIX\\inDocument.pdf") && Pass data to the stream object. loRecordSet.Fields("dm_doc").Value = loADOStream.Read loRecordSet.UpdateBatch *!* Close connections. loRecordSet.CLOSE loConnection.CLOSE loADOStream.CLOSE ====================================== Thanks. -- William Fields MCSD - Microsoft Visual FoxPro MCP - Win2k Pro US Bankruptcy Court Phoenix, AZ "While the complexity of this project is several orders of magnitude less than modeling heat flux in a fossil-fuel fired electric utility plant using the Hottel Zone technique, the context of each project evolves in a remarkably similar fashion." - Author Unknown