The problem with the update on RAS is in fact well-known, it is that after a certain version of mySQL the background queries don't work anymore. I had fixed this in the current installation of ACIS on sahure etc. The trick is to remember what files need updating. Here they are aras@nebka:~$ ls -l acis/lib/sql_helper.pm -rw-r--r-- 1 aras aras 11980 2009-05-17 02:13 acis/lib/sql_helper.pm aras@nebka:~$ ls -l acis/lib/ACIS/Resources/Search.pm -rw-r--r-- 1 aras aras 10621 2009-05-17 00:48 acis/lib/ACIS/Resources/Search.pm aras@nebka:~$ ls -l acis/lib/ACIS/Resources/Suggestions.pm -rw-r--r-- 1 aras aras 7155 2009-05-17 00:51 acis/lib/ACIS/Resources/Suggestions.pm aras@nebka:~$ ls -l acis/lib/ACIS/Web/Contributions.pm -rw-r--r-- 1 aras aras 36682 2009-05-16 23:51 acis/lib/ACIS/Web/Contributions.pm I believe it is working now. Cheers, Thomas Krichel http://openlib.org/home/krichel RePEc:per:1965-06-05:thomas_krichel skype: thomaskrichel