diff -aurN libgda-1.9.100.orig/providers/mdb/gda-mdb-provider.c libgda-1.9.100/providers/mdb/gda-mdb-provider.c
--- libgda-1.9.100.orig/providers/mdb/gda-mdb-provider.c	2005-09-22 12:24:01.000000000 +0200
+++ libgda-1.9.100/providers/mdb/gda-mdb-provider.c	2005-10-19 21:10:52.000000000 +0200
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@
 	mdb_cnc = g_new0 (GdaMdbConnection, 1);
 	mdb_cnc->cnc = cnc;
 	mdb_cnc->server_version = NULL;
-	mdb_cnc->mdb = mdb_open (filename, MDB_WRITABLE);
+	mdb_cnc->mdb = mdb_open (filename);
 	if (!mdb_cnc->mdb) {
 		gda_connection_add_event_string (cnc, _("Could not open file %s"), filename);
 		g_free (mdb_cnc);